Labor economics : introduction to classic and the new labor economics /
Laing, Derek.
Labor economics : introduction to classic and the new labor economics / Derek Laing. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011. - xxvii, 899, [191] p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Methodology -- The Supply and Demand Framework -- Applications: Supply and Demand Shocks -- Elements of Microeconomics -- The U.S. Labor Market -- Core Concepts I: Populations -- Core Concepts II: Labor Costs -- Core Concepts III: Empirical Aspects of the U.S. Labor Market -- The Short-Run Demand for Labor -- The Neoclassical Labor-Demand Model -- The Constraints -- Perfect Competition and Monopoly Power -- Monopoly -- The Supply of Labor -- Preferences -- The Constraints --The Optimal Choice I: Determination -- The Optimal Choice II: Properties -- The Empirical Evidence -- The Supply of Labor: A Mathematical Approach -- Human Capital -- Human Capital -- On-the-Job Training -- Competitive Equilibrium -- Policy Application: The War on Poverty -- Death and Injury in the U.S. Workplace: A Hedonic Analysis -- Discrimination I: Theory -- Discrimination II: --The Hiring Process -- Incentives -- Tasks, Technologies, and Organizational Design -- Careers and the Employment Relation -- Executive Pay -- Earnings I: The Wage Structure -- Labor Mobility I: Migration -- Labor Mobility II: Immigration and Outsourcing -- Unemployment I: Contractual Frictions -- Unemployment II: Market Frictions -- Turnover I: Job Search and Accessions -- Turnover II: Quits and Layoffs.
9780393979527 (hbk.) 0393979520 (hbk.)
2010051748
Labor economics.
HD4901 / .L156 2011
Labor economics : introduction to classic and the new labor economics / Derek Laing. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011. - xxvii, 899, [191] p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Methodology -- The Supply and Demand Framework -- Applications: Supply and Demand Shocks -- Elements of Microeconomics -- The U.S. Labor Market -- Core Concepts I: Populations -- Core Concepts II: Labor Costs -- Core Concepts III: Empirical Aspects of the U.S. Labor Market -- The Short-Run Demand for Labor -- The Neoclassical Labor-Demand Model -- The Constraints -- Perfect Competition and Monopoly Power -- Monopoly -- The Supply of Labor -- Preferences -- The Constraints --The Optimal Choice I: Determination -- The Optimal Choice II: Properties -- The Empirical Evidence -- The Supply of Labor: A Mathematical Approach -- Human Capital -- Human Capital -- On-the-Job Training -- Competitive Equilibrium -- Policy Application: The War on Poverty -- Death and Injury in the U.S. Workplace: A Hedonic Analysis -- Discrimination I: Theory -- Discrimination II: --The Hiring Process -- Incentives -- Tasks, Technologies, and Organizational Design -- Careers and the Employment Relation -- Executive Pay -- Earnings I: The Wage Structure -- Labor Mobility I: Migration -- Labor Mobility II: Immigration and Outsourcing -- Unemployment I: Contractual Frictions -- Unemployment II: Market Frictions -- Turnover I: Job Search and Accessions -- Turnover II: Quits and Layoffs.
9780393979527 (hbk.) 0393979520 (hbk.)
2010051748
Labor economics.
HD4901 / .L156 2011