Contemporary Labor Economics / Edition 7

by Campbell R. McConnell, David Macpherson, Stanley L. Brue, David A. MacPherson

Overview

This textbook presents the "new" labor economics. While traditional topics such as labor law,structure of unions,and collective bargaining are included,the focus is on labor economics as an applied field of micro and macro theory. The authors assert that labor economics has become a critical part of the core of analytical economics and not merely tangential. Micro and Macro Economic principles are the only prerequisites to this one term book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072978605
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	01/26/2005
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface
Ch. 1	Labor Economics: Introduction and Overview	1
Ch. 2	The Theory of Individual Labor Supply	14
Ch. 3	Population, Participation Rates, and Hours of Work	51
Ch. 4	Labor Quality: Investing in Human Capital	84
Ch. 5	The Demand for Labor	126
Ch. 6	Wage Determination and the Allocation of Labor	167
Ch. 7	Alternative Pay Schemes and Labor Efficiency	207
Ch. 8	The Wage Structure	241
Ch. 9	Mobility, Migration, and Efficiency	275
Ch. 10	Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining	306
Ch. 11	The Economic Impact of Unions	343
Ch. 12	Government and the Labor Market: Employment, Expenditures, and Taxation	376
Ch. 13	Government and the Labor Market: Legislation and Regulation?	403
Ch. 14	Labor Market Discrimination	438
Ch. 15	Job Search: External and Internal	479
Ch. 16	The Distribution of Personal Earnings	499
Ch. 17	Labor Productivity: Wages, Prices, and Unemployment	524
Ch. 18	Employment and Unemployment	553
App	Information Sources in Labor Economics	582
	Glossary	598
	Answers to "Your Turn" Questions	613
	Index	617