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Ehrenberg, Ronald G.

Modern labor economics : theory and public policy / Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Robert S. Smith. - 12 ed., Global ed. - Harlow : Pearson Education Limited, c.2015. - 683 p. : charts, forms, tables ; 24 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- 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.

ISBN: 9781292060477 (paperback) 1292060476 (paperback)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Labor economics.
Labor policy.

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Index Terms--Genre/Form: --Reading book

Dewey Class. No.: 331 / EHR