Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy

New to This Edition

　　1. Immigration Policy: An expanded discussion of undocumented immigration in Chapter 10 now includes analysis of its theoretical and measured effects on society.

　　2. Address the Great Recession of 2008: In relevant chapters, discussions on the labor-market effects of the Great Recession of 2008 appear, along with an examination of recent changes in outcomes such as earnings inequality, human-capital acquisition, and labor-force participation.

　　3.This edition includes new boxed examples on:
　　．The labor supply of New York City taxi drivers.
　　．The “rat race” in law firms.
　　．Earnings inequality in developed countries.

　　4. Footnotes have been updated to cite the most recent literature on each given topic.

　　5. Tabular data and references have been updated throughout.

作者簡介

Ronald G Ehrenberg-
　　現職：Cornell University

Robert S. Smith
　　現職：Cornell University

Ch 1 Introduction
Ch 2 Overview of the Labor Market
Ch 3 The Demand for Labor
Ch 4 Labor Demand Elasticities
Ch 5 Frictions in the Labor Market
Ch 6 Supply of Labor to the Economy: the Decision to Work
Ch 7 Labor Supply: Household Production, the Family, and the Life Cycle
Ch 8 Compensating Wage Differentials and Labor Markets
Ch 9 Investments in Human Capital: Education and Training
Ch10 Worker Mobility: Migration, Immigration, and Turnover
Ch11 Pay and Productivity: Wage Determination within the Firm
Ch12 Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Labor Market
Ch13 Unions and the Labor Market
Ch14 Unemployment
Ch15 Inequality in Earnings
Ch16 The Labor Market Effects of International Trade and Production Sharing