TY - BOOK AU - Ehrenberg, Ronald G. AU - Smith, Robert Stewart. TI - Modern labor economics: theory and public policy SN - 032153896X AV - HD4901 .E34 2009 U1 - 331 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson/Addison Wesley KW - Labor policy KW - Labor economics KW - Personnel management N1 - International Edition; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Overview of the labor market -- The demand for labor -- Labor demand elasticities -- Frictions in the labor market -- Supply of labor to the economy: the decision to work -- Labor supply: household production, the family, and the life cycle -- Compensating wage differentials and labor markets -- Investments in human capital: education and training -- Worker mobility: migration, immigration, and turnover -- Pay and productivity: wage determination within the firm -- Gender, race, and ethnicity in the labor market -- Unions and the labor market -- Inequality in earnings -- Unemployment UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip054/2004028156.html ER -