Modern labor economics : theory and public policy /

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ehrenberg, Ronald G.
Outros Autores: Smith, Robert Stewart
Formato: Livro
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Boston : Pearson/Addison Wesley, c2006.
Edição:9th ed.
coleção:The Addison-Wesley series in economics
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Sumário:
  • 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
  • Inequality in earnings
  • Unemployment.