Overview
Main description
Contemporary Labor Economics, 9e presents the "new" labor economics in a readable and logical fashion. The authors’ focus in this edition is clearly on labor economics as an applied field of micro and macro theory. This volume is based on the assumption that labor economics is no longer an area tangential to the core of analytical economics but rather a critical component of that core. However, since traditional topics such as labor law, structure of unions, and collective bargaining also play an important role in labor markets, they are also presented. In the Ninth Edition, the authors deliver new and updated discussions of public policy issues and expanded and updated coverage of the current economic crisis.
Table of contents
Chapter 1 Labor Economics: Introduction and Overview Chapter 2 The Theory of Individual Labor Supply Chapter 3 Population, Participation Rates, and Hours of Work Chapter 4 Labor Quality: Investing in Human Capital Chapter 5 The Demand for Labor Chapter 6 Wage Determination and the Allocation of Labor Chapter 7 Alternative Pay Schemes and Labor Efficiency Chapter 8 The Wage Structure Chapter 9 Mobility, Migration, and Efficiency Chapter 10 Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining Chapter 11 The Economic Impact of Unions Chapter 12 Government and the Labor Market: Employment, Expenditures, and Taxation Chapter 13 Government and the Labor Market: Legislation and Regulation Chapter 14 Labor Market Discrimination Chapter 15 Job Search: External and Internal Chapter 16 The Distribution of Personal Earning Chapter 17 Labor Productivity: Wages, Prices, and Employment Chapter 18 Employment and Unemployment Appendix: Information Sources in Labor Economics Glossary Answers to "Your Turn" Questions Name Index Subject Index
