LABOR ECONOMICS: INTRODUCTION TO CLASSIC AND THE NEW LABOR ECONOMICS LAING D. Księgarnia

The first text in Labor Economics to systematically cover both classic labor economics and "the new labor economics," which includes topics like job design, incentives, and modern Human Resources issues.

Labor Economics has comprehensive coverage, and gives instructors the flexibility to tailor their text precisely to the course that they want to teach. The text stresses problem solving, with several Worked Problems in each chapter, and includes leading-edge pedagogy to help students better understand and master the material.

Table of Contents

Core Text

Preliminaries
1. Introduction
2. The U.S. Labor Market

PART I: Foundations

3. Short-Run Demand
4. The Supply of Labor
5. Human Capital
6. On-the-Job Training
7. Competitive Equilibrium

PART II: Applications and Extensions

8. The Minimum Wage
9. Policy Application: The War on Poverty
10. Death and Injury in the U.S. Workplace
11. Discrimination 1: Theory
12. Discrimination 2: Evidence and Policy

PART III: The Employment Relation

13. The Hiring Process
14. Incentives
15. Tasks, Technologies, and Organizational Design
16. Careers and Employment Relation
17. Executive Pay
18. Trade Unions 1: Density, Goals and Impact

PART IV: The Aggregate Labor Market

19. Earning 1: The Wage Structure
20. Labor Mobility I: Migration
21. Labor Mobility II: Immigration and Outsourcing
22. Unemployment I: Contractual Frictions
23. Unemployment II: Market Frictions
24. Turnover I: Search and Accessions
25. Turnover II: Quits and Layoffs

Supplemental Web Chapters:

S1: The Long-Run Demand for Labor and Adjustment Costs
S2: Policy Application: Income Taxes
S3: Labor Supply over the Life Cycle
S4: The Family
S5: Retirement
S6: Crime
S7: Trade Unions II: Collective Bargaining and Strikes
S8: Earnings II: Sectoral Shocks and Aggregate Disturbances
S9: Schooling I: The Performance of Schools and Colleges
S10: Education II: Governance and Finance

899 pages, Hardcover

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