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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454862003321

Autore

Rosen Sherwin <1938-2001.>

Titolo

Markets and diversity [[electronic resource] /] / Sherwin Rosen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-674-04289-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 359 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

331.1

Soggetti

Labor market

Diversity in the workplace

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Publisher's Note Introduction: Markets and Diversity Part I 1. Hedonic Prices and Implicit Markets: Product Differentiation in Pure Competition 2. Discrimination in the Market for Public School Teachers 3. The Value of Saving a Life: Evidence from the Labor Market 4. Learning and Experience in the Labor Market Part II 5. Substitution and Division of Labour 6. Education and Self-Selection 7. Specialization and Human Capital Part III 8. The Economics of Superstars 9. Authority, Control, and the Distribution of Earnings 10. Prizes and Incentives in Elimination Tournaments 11. Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor Contracts 12. Contracts and the Market for Executives Index

Sommario/riassunto

The main theme of Sherwin Rosen's collection is how markets handle diversity, including the determination of value in the presence of diversity, the allocation of idiosyncratic buyers to specialized sellers, and the effects of heterogeneity and sorting on inequality.