The Institutionalist Tradition in Labor Economics

by Champlin,Dell P.

• ISBN13: 9780765612861
• ISBN10: 0765612860
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables	vii
Introduction
The Institutionalist Tradition in Labor Economics	3	(10)
Dell P. Champlin
Janet T. Knoedler
I. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
The Institutional and Neoclassical Schools in Labor Economics	13	(26)
Bruce E. Kaufman
Labor and the Menace of Competition	39	(11)
Glen Atkinson
John R. Commons and His Students: The View from the End of the Twentieth Century	50	(25)
J. Dennis Chasse
Wages in the Public Interest: Insights from Thorstein Veblen and J.M. Clark	75	(13)
Dell P. Champlin
Janet T. Knoedler
U.S. Labor Reexamined, 1880-1930: Success, Ideology, and Reversal	88	(17)
Jon D. Wisman
Aaron Pacitti
II. Institutionalist Thought on Labor Since World War II
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Institutionalist Theories of Wage Rates and Wage Differentials	105	(12)
Douglas Kinnear
The Significance of Segmentation for Institutionalist Theory and Public Policy	117	(14)
Jerry Gray
Richard Chapman
Dead Metaphors and Living Wages: On the Role of Measurement and Logic in Economic Debates	131	(15)
Ann Jennings
How Is Labor Distinct from Broccoli? Some Unique Characteristics of Labor and Their Importance for Economic Analysis and Policy	146	(13)
Robert E. Prasch
An Institutionalist Approach to Work Time: Is Labor Truly Irksome?	159	(20)
Robert M. LaJeunesse
III. Institutionalist Analysis of Current Labor Issues
Wage Discrimination in Context: Enlarging the Field of View	179	(11)
Deborah M. Figart
Ellen Mutari
Nonstandard Labor Through an Institutionalist Lens: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same	190	(16)
Barbara A. Wiens-Tuers
The Institution of Unauthorized Residency Status, Neighborhood Context, and Mexican Immigrant Earnings in Los Angeles County	206	(23)
Enrico A. Marcelli
Retirement: Evolving Concepts and Institutions	229	(11)
Janice Peterson
Organizing the Service Sector: From ``Labor'' to ``Stakeholder'' Unionism	240	(13)
George DeMartino
IV. Social Justice
Full Employment and Social Justice	253	(20)
L. Randall Wray
Mathew Forstater
Regressive Norms, Progressive Possibilities, and Labor Justice	273	(13)
Mayo C. Toruno
Wealth and Power: Ethical Implications of Executive Compensation Since the 1980s	286	(11)
David A. Zalewski
Not Only Nike's Doing It: ``Sweating'' and the Contemporary Labor Market	297	(20)
Richard McIntyre
Yngve Ramstad
Conclusion
Prospects for the Future of Institutionalist Labor Economics	317	(14)
Dell P. Champlin
Janet T. Knoedler
About the Editors and Contributors	331	(4)
Index	335