TY - BOOK AU - Ehrenberg,Ronald G. AU - Smith,Robert Stewart TI - Modern labor economics: theory and public policy SN - 9780132540643 AV - HD4901 .E34 2012 U1 - 331 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Prentice Hall KW - Labor economics KW - Labor policy KW - Personnel management N1 - 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 ER -