Handbook of labor economics Volume 1
The Handbook brings together a systematic review of the research topics, empirical findings, and methods that comprise modern labor economics. It serves as an introduction to what has been done in this field, while at the same time indicating possible future trends which will be important in both sp...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam, New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co North-Holland
1986, 1986
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Handbooks in economics
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| Collection: | Elsevier Handbooks in Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The Handbook brings together a systematic review of the research topics, empirical findings, and methods that comprise modern labor economics. It serves as an introduction to what has been done in this field, while at the same time indicating possible future trends which will be important in both spheres of public and private decision-making. Part I is concerned with the classic topics of labor supply and demand, the size and nature of the elasticities between the two, and their impact on the wage structure. This analysis touches on two fundamental questions: what are the sources of income inequality, and what are the disincentive effects of attempts to produce a more equal income distribution? The papers in Part II proceed from the common observation that the dissimilarity in worker skills and employer demands often tempers the outcomes that would be expected in frictionless labor markets. And the last section of the Handbook deals explicitly with the role of institutional structures (e.g. trade unions) that now form an important part of modern labor economics v. 1. Labor supply of men: a survey / John Pencavel ; Female labor supply: a survey / Mark R. Killingsworth and James J. Heckman ; Models of marital status and childbearing / Mark Montgomery and James Trussell ; Home production: a survey / Reuben Gronau ; Retirement from the labor force / Edward P. Lazear ; Demand for education / Richard B. Freeman ; Forestalling the demise of empirical economics: the role of microdata in labor economics research / Frank Stafford ; The demand for labor in the long run / Daniel S. Hamermesh ; Dynamic models of labour demand / S.J. Nickell ; Wage determinants: a survey and reinterpretation of human capital earnings functions / Robert J. Willis ; The determination of life cycle earnings: a survey / Yoram Weiss ; The theory of equalizing differences / Sherwin Rosen ; The economic analysis of labor market discrimination: a survey / Glen G. Cain. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 785 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780444878564 0444878564 |