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This innovative text grounds the economic analysis of labor markets and employment relationships in a unified theoretical treatment of labor exchange conditions. In addition to providing thorough coverage of standard topics including labor supply and demand, human capital theory, and compensating wage differentials, the text draws on game theory and the economics of information to study the implications of key departures from perfectly competitive labor market conditions. Analytical results are consistently applied to contemporary policy issues and empirical debates.
  • Provides a coherent theoretical framework for the analysis of labor market phenomena
  • Features graphical in-chapter analysis supplemented by technical material in appendices
  • Incorporates numerous end-of-chapter questions that engage the analysis and anticipate subsequent results
  • Includes innovative chapters on employee compensation methods, market segmentation, income inequality an

    Table of Contents
    Preface.

    Introduction: Labor Economics and the Political Economy of Labor.

    Part I: Labor Demand and Supply:.

    1. Labor Supply.

    2. Labor Demand.

    3. Perfectly Competitive Labor Markets.

    4. Imperfectly Competitive Labor Markets.

    Part II: The Labor Exchange:.

    5. The Structure of Labor Exchange.

    6. Strategic Labor Exchange.

    7. Bargaining in Labor Exchange.

    8. Imperfect Contracting in Labor Exchange.

    Part III: The Employment Relationship:.

    9. The Nature of the Employment Relationship.

    10. Employee Compensation and Incentive Provision.

    11. Employment Continuity and Internal Labor Markets.

    12. Employee Representation in the Workplace.

    Part IV: Labor Market Divisions:.

    13. Wages and Working Conditions.

    14. Education and Ability.

    15. Employee Characteristics and Discrimination.

    16. Employer Characteristics and Market Segmentation.

    Part V: Labor in the Market System:.

    17. Earnings Inequality.

    18. Unemployment.

    19. Labor Market Dynamics.

    Index

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/12/2003
      ISBN13: 9780631208365, 978-0631208365
      ISBN10: 0631208364
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This innovative text grounds the economic analysis of labor markets and employment relationships in a unified theoretical treatment of labor exchange conditions. In addition to providing thorough coverage of standard topics including labor supply and demand, human capital theory, and compensating wage differentials, the text draws on game theory and the economics of information to study the implications of key departures from perfectly competitive labor market conditions. Analytical results are consistently applied to contemporary policy issues and empirical debates.
      • Provides a coherent theoretical framework for the analysis of labor market phenomena
      • Features graphical in-chapter analysis supplemented by technical material in appendices
      • Incorporates numerous end-of-chapter questions that engage the analysis and anticipate subsequent results
      • Includes innovative chapters on employee compensation methods, market segmentation, income inequality an

        Table of Contents
        Preface.

        Introduction: Labor Economics and the Political Economy of Labor.

        Part I: Labor Demand and Supply:.

        1. Labor Supply.

        2. Labor Demand.

        3. Perfectly Competitive Labor Markets.

        4. Imperfectly Competitive Labor Markets.

        Part II: The Labor Exchange:.

        5. The Structure of Labor Exchange.

        6. Strategic Labor Exchange.

        7. Bargaining in Labor Exchange.

        8. Imperfect Contracting in Labor Exchange.

        Part III: The Employment Relationship:.

        9. The Nature of the Employment Relationship.

        10. Employee Compensation and Incentive Provision.

        11. Employment Continuity and Internal Labor Markets.

        12. Employee Representation in the Workplace.

        Part IV: Labor Market Divisions:.

        13. Wages and Working Conditions.

        14. Education and Ability.

        15. Employee Characteristics and Discrimination.

        16. Employer Characteristics and Market Segmentation.

        Part V: Labor in the Market System:.

        17. Earnings Inequality.

        18. Unemployment.

        19. Labor Market Dynamics.

        Index

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