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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143448603321

Autore

Jacobsen Joyce P

Titolo

Labor markets and employment relationships [[electronic resource] ] : a comprehensive approach / / Joyce P. Jacobsen and Gilbert L. Skillman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-280-19748-X

9786610197484

0-470-70080-7

0-470-75558-X

1-4051-4230-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (586 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SkillmanGilbert L

Disciplina

331

331.12

Soggetti

Labor market

Industrial relations

Labor economics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: labor economics and the political economy of labor -- Part I: Labor supply and demand: Labor supply -- Labor demand -- Perfectly competitive labor markets -- Imperfectly competitive labor markets -- Part II: The labor exchange: The structure of labor exchange -- Strategic labor exchange -- Bargaining in labor exchange -- Imperfect contracting in labor exchange -- Part III: The employment relationship: The nature of the employment relationship -- Employee compensation and incentive provision -- Employment continuity and internal labor markets -- Employee representation in the workplace -- Part IV: Labor market divisions: Wages and working conditions -- Education and ability -- Employee characteristics and discrimination -- Employer characteristics and market segmentation -- Part V: labor in the market system: -- Earnings inequality -- Unemployment -- Labor market dynamics.



Sommario/riassunto

This innovative text grounds the economic analysis of labor markets and employment relationships in a unified theoretical treatment of labor exchange conditions. In addition to providing thorough coverage of standard topics including labor supply and demand, human capital theory, and compensating wage differentials, the text draws on game theory and the economics of information to study the implications of key departures from perfectly competitive labor market conditions. Analytical results are consistently applied to contemporary policy issues and empirical debates. Provides a c