Ehrenberg, Ronald G.

Modern labor economics : theory and public policy / Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Robert S. Smith. - 13th ed. - New York : Routledge, 2017. - 768 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Revised edition of the authors' Modern labor economics, [2015]

Introduction -- Overview of the labor market -- The demand for labor -- Labor demand elasticities -- Frictions in the labor market -- Supply of labor to the economy : the decision to work -- Labor supply : household production, the family, and the life cycle -- Compensating wage differentials and labor markets -- Investments in human capital: education and training -- Worker mobility : migration, immigration, and turnover -- Pay and productivity : wage determination within the firm -- Gender, race, and ethnicity in the labor market -- Unions and the labor market -- Unemployment -- Inequality in earnings -- The labor-market effects of international trade and production sharing -- Answers to odd-numbered review questions and problems -- Name index -- Subject index.

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Labor economics.
Labor policy.
Personnel management.

HD4901 / .E34 2017

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