MODERN LABOR ECONOMICS Theory and Public Policy

This text is the product of the authors' three decades experience in teaching labor market economics and conducting research aimed at influencing public policy. The authors develop the modern theory of labor market behavior, summarize empirical evidence supporting or contradicting each hypothes...

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Main Authors: Ehrenberg, Ronald G (Author), Smith, Robert Stewart (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston Pearson Education, Inc. 2006
Edition:Ninth Edition
Series:The Addison-Wesley series in economics
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Compens