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Edited By
R. Layard, London School of Economics, London, UK
Orley Ashenfelter, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Handbooks in Economics,
Description
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 1 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.
Contents
Labor Market Equilibrium and Friction.
The employment relationship: Job attachment, work effort, and the nature of contracts
(D.O. Parsons). Job search and labor market analysis (D.T. Mortensen). The natural rate of unemployment: Explanation and policy (G.E.
Johnson, P.R.G. Layard). Cyclical fluctuations in the labor market (D.M. Lilien, R.E. Hall).
The Institutional Structures of
the Labor Market.
The analysis of union behavior (H.S. Farber). The economics of strikes (J. Kennan). Union relative wage effects
(H.G. Lewis). Segmented labor markets (P. Taubman, M.L. Wachter). Public sector labor markets (R.G. Ehrenberg, J.L. Schwarz).
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Hardbound, 510 pages, publication date: FEB-1987
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-87857-1
ISBN-10: 0-444-87857-2
Imprint: NORTH-HOLLAND
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