Handbook of Labor Economics

by Ashenfelter; Layard

• ISBN13: 9780444878564
• ISBN10: 0444878564
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1987-02-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

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. For more information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see our home page on http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/hes

Table of Contents

Labor Market Equilibrium and Friction

The employment relationship: Job attachment, work effort, and the nature of contracts

Job search and labor market analysis

The natural rate of unemployment: Explanation and policy

Cyclical fluctuations in the labor market

The Institutional Structures of the Labor Market

The analysis of union behavior

The economics of strikes

Union relative wage effects

Segmented labor markets

Public sector labor markets

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