Contemporary labor economics /

McConnell, Campbell R.,

Contemporary labor economics / - Twelfth edition. International student edition. - xv, 572 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes glossary.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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 earnings -- Chapter 17: Labor productivity: wages, prices, and employment -- Chapter 18: Employment and unemployment -- Appendix: Information sources in labor economics -- Glossary -- Name index -- Subject index -- Data tables.

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Labor economics.
Labor economics--United States

331.0973 / MCC