TY - BOOK AU - Ehrenberg,Ronald G. AU - Smith,Robert Stewart TI - Modern labor economics: theory and public policy SN - 9781138218178 AV - HD4901 .E34 2017 U1 - 331 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Labor economics KW - Labor policy KW - Personnel management N1 - 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 ER -