This comprehensive set of papers charts the main developments in contemporary labour economics, with an emphasis on issues of measurement. Topics covered in the first volume include the effects of adjustment costs on employment and the modeling of family choice in labor supply. Key themes explored in the second volume include the role of unobserved worker characteristics in obscuring the tradeoff between wages and benefits, payment systems in circumstances where results are verifiable and nonverifiable, formal unemployment duration analysis, and sex biased hiring. The third volume tackles some of the more controversial themes in modern labour economics. The editor has provided an insightful new introduction which gives a comprehensive overview of the themes discussed.
| ISBN: | 9781840649253 |
| Publication date: | 26th July 2007 |
| Author: | John T Addison |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 1912 pages |
| Series: | The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series |
| Genres: |
Labour / income economics |
This comprehensive set of papers charts the main developments in contemporary labour economics, with an emphasis on issues of measurement. Topics covered in the first volume include the effects of adjustment costs on employment and the modeling of family choice in labor supply. Key themes explored in the second volume include the role of unobserved worker characteristics in obscuring the tradeoff between wages and benefits, payment systems in circumstances where results are verifiable and nonverifiable, formal unemployment duration analysis, and sex biased hiring. The third volume tackles some of the more controversial themes in modern labour economics. The editor has provided an insightful new introduction which gives a comprehensive overview of the themes discussed.
Recent Developments in Labor Economics features in the following genres: Labour / income economics
Recent Developments in Labor Economics is available in Hardback
Recent Developments in Labor Economics was written by John T Addison and published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Recent Developments in Labor Economics has 1912 pages
Yes it is part of The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series series