Contemporary labor economics / Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, and David A. Macpherson.

Includes index.

Labor economics: introduction and overview -- The theory of individual labor supply -- Population, participation rates, and hours of work -- Labor quality: investing in human capital -- The demand for labor -- Wage determination and the allocation of labor -- Alternative pay scheme and labor efficiency -- The wage structure -- Mobility, migration and efficiency -- Labor unions and collective bargaining -- The economic impact of unions -- Labor market discrimination -- Job search: external and internal -- The distribution of personal earnings -- Labor productivity: wages, prices, and employment -- Employment and unemployment -- Information spurces in labor economics.

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