Modern labor economics : theory and public policy /
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Robert S. Smith.
- Eleventh ed.
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2012.
- xxi, 650 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Unemployment -- Inequality in earnings -- The labor-market effects of international trade and production sharing.