Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9780367346973 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 758 str.

Ronald G. Ehrenberg; Kevin Hallock; Robert S. Smith

Opis

Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy is a leading text in labor economics. This fourteenth edition presents updated data throughout and a wealth of new examples, such as the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns, gig work, nudges, monopsony power, and the effect of machine learning on inequality.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Overview of the Labor Market; 3. The Demand for Labor; 4. Labor Demand Elasticities; 5. Frictions in the Labor Market; 6. Supply of Labor to the Economy: The Decision to Work; 7. Labor Supply: Household Production, the Family, and the Life Cycle; 8. Compensating Wage Differentials and Labor Markets; 9. Investments in Human Capital: Education and Training; 10. Worker Mobility: Migration, Immigration, and Turnover; 11. Pay and Productivity: Wage Determination Within the Firm; 12. Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Labor Market; 13. Unions and the Labor Market; 14. Unemployment; 15. Inequality in Earnings; 16. The Labor Market Effects of International Trade and Production Sharing