A clear, comprehensive introduction to labor market behavior. In addition to presenting core theory, Ehrenberg/Smith summarizes empirical evidence for or against each hypothesis, and illustrates the usefulness of theory for public policy analysis. The authors continue to make this text a comprehensive resource in the eleventh edition, through a focus on factual information about the labor market and professional literature in labor economics.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Overview of the Labor Market
Chapter 3 The Demand for Labor
Chapter 4 Labor Demand Elasticities
Chapter 5 Frictions in the Labor Market
Chapter 6 Supply of Labor to the Economy: The Decision to Work
Chapter 7 Labor Supply: Household Production, the Family, and the Life Cycle
Chapter 8 Compensating Wage Differentials and Labor Markets
Chapter 9 Investments in Human Capital: Education and Training
Chapter 10 Worker Mobility: Migration, Immigration, and Turnover
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