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Modern Labor Economics Theory and Public Policy 11th Edition






Modern Labor Economics Theory and Public Policy 11th Edition
Buku Ini   adalah buku edisi  Sebelas yang diterbitkan tahun 2012 oleh Pearson Education, Inc.




Judul:   Modern Labor Economics Theory and Public Policy 11th Edition
Oleh:   Ronald G. Ehrenberg, et al
Penerbit:  Pearson Education, Inc.
Tahun: 2012
Jumlah Halaman: 682 hal.


Penulis:
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Cornell University

Robert S. Smith
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Cornell University

Lingkup Pembahasan:

Buku edisi 11 ini telah secara menyeluruh diperbarui baik dari segi materi tabular dan referensi untuk literatur terbaru.
Tujuan revisi  buku ini adalah untuk membuat buku  ini menjadi referensi yang komprehensif, untuk mahasiswa dan dosen, informasi faktual penting tentang pasar tenaga kerja dan literatur profesional dalam ekonomi tenaga kerja.
Buku ini juga telah memperluas analisis imigrasi yang tidak terdokumentasi dalam bab 10 untuk mencakup analisis ditingkatkan dari kedua Efek teoritis dan diukur pada masyarakat.
Buku ini juga telah mengemukakan dalam bab-bab yang relevan,  diskusi yang mencakup tentang
Efek pasar tenaga kerja dari Resesi Besar 2008, bersama dengan pemeriksaan perubahan terbaru dalam hasil seperti laba ketidaksetaraan, manusia-modal akuisisi, dan partisipasi angkatan kerja.
Dalam bab 6,  buku ini mengemukakan diskusi tentang perilaku pasokan tenaga kerja menikah
wanita dan kotak contoh baru pada pasokan tenaga kerja New York City untuk sopir taksi.
Bab 11,  buku ini diperkuat  dengan "Insentif Group dan Executive Pay" dan menambahkan kotak contoh baru pada "tikus ras" di firma hukum.
Bab 15 merupakan tambahan baru tentang kotak contoh pada pendapatan ketidaksetaraan di negara maju dan baru  atas ketidakstabilan pendapatan.


Daftar Isi:
Preface xviii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1

    The Labor Market 2
    Labor Economics: Some Basic Concepts 2
    Plan of the Text 12
    Review Questions 13
    Problems 14
    Selected Readings 15
    Appendix 1A Statistical Testing of Labor Market Hypotheses 16

CHAPTER 2 OVERVIEW OF THE LABOR MARKET 25
    The Labor Market: Definitions, Facts, and Trends 26
    How the Labor Market Works 35
    Applications of the Theory 47
    Review Questions 55
    Problems 57
    Selected Readings 58

CHAPTER 3 THE DEMAND FOR LABOR 59
    Profit Maximization 60
    The Short-Run Demand for Labor When Both Product and Labor  Markets Are Competitive 63
    The Demand for Labor in Competitive Markets When Other Inputs Can  Be Varied 70
    Labor Demand When the Product Market Is Not Competitive 74
    Policy Application: The Labor Market Effects of Employer Payroll Taxes and Wage Subsidies 76
    Review Questions 82
    Problems 83
    Selected Readings 84
    Appendix 3A Graphical Derivation of a Firm’s Labor Demand Curve 85

CHAPTER 4 LABOR DEMAND ELASTICITIES 94
    The Own-Wage Elasticity of Demand 95
    The Cross-Wage Elasticity of Demand 104
    Policy Application: Effects of Minimum Wage Laws 108
    Applying Concepts of Labor Demand Elasticity to the Issue of Technological Change 116
    Review Questions 124
    Problems 125
    Selected Readings 126

CHAPTER 5 FRICTIONS IN THE LABOR MARKET 127
    Frictions on the Employee Side of the Market 128
    Frictions on the Employer Side of the Market 143
    The Employment/Hours Trade-Off 147
    Hiring Investments 156
    Review Questions 161
    Problems 162
    Selected Readings 164

CHAPTER 6 SUPPLY OF LABOR TO THE ECONOMY: THE DECISION TO WORK 165
    Trends in Labor Force Participation and Hours of Work 165
    A Theory of the Decision to Work 170
    Policy Applications 192
    Budget Constraints with “Spikes” 193
    Review Questions 205
    Problems 206
    Selected Readings 207

CHAPTER 7 LABOR SUPPLY: HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION, THE FAMILY, AND THE LIFE CYCLE 208
    A Labor Supply Model That Incorporates Household Production 208
    Joint Labor Supply Decisions within the Household 214
    Life Cycle Aspects of Labor Supply 221
    Policy Application: Child Care and Labor Supply 229
    Review Questions 236
    Problems 238
    Selected Readings 240

CHAPTER 8 COMPENSATING WAGE DIFFERENTIALS AND LABOR MARKETS 241
    Job Matching: The Role of Worker Preferences and Information 241
    Hedonic Wage Theory and the Risk of Injury 248
    Hedonic Wage Theory and Employee Benefits 262
    Review Questions 270
    Problems 271
    Selected Readings 272
    Appendix 8A Compensating Wage Differentials and Layoffs 273

CHAPTER 9 INVESTMENTS IN HUMAN CAPITAL: EDUCATION AND TRAINING 278
    Human Capital Investments: The Basic Model 280
    The Demand for a College Education 284
    Education, Earnings, and Post-Schooling Investments in Human Capital 292
    Is Education a Good Investment? 301
    Review Questions 316
    Problems 317
    Selected Readings 318
    Appendix 9A A “Cobweb” Model of Labor Market Adjustment 319
    Appendix 9B A Hedonic Model of Earnings and Educational Level

CHAPTER 10 WORKER MOBILITY: MIGRATION, IMMIGRATION, AND TURNOVER 323
    The Determinants of Worker Mobility 324
    Geographic Mobility 325
    Employee Turnover 346
    Review Questions 353
    Problems 354
    Selected Readings 356

CHAPTER 11 PAY AND PRODUCTIVITY: WAGE DETERMINATION WITHIN THE 
FIRM 357
    Motivating Workers: An Overview of the Fundamentals 359
    Productivity and the Basis of Yearly Pay 366
    Productivity and the Level of Pay 374
    Productivity and the Sequencing of Pay 377
    Applications of the Theory: Explaining Two Puzzles 385
    Review Questions 390
    Problems 391
    Selected Readings 392

CHAPTER 12 GENDER, RACE, AND ETHNICITY IN THE LABOR MARKET 393
    Measured and Unmeasured Sources of Earnings Differences 394
    Theories of Market Discrimination 411
    Federal Programs to End Discrimination 425
    Review Questions 436
    Problems 437
    Selected Readings 438
    Appendix 12A Estimating Comparable-Worth Earnings Gaps: An Application of Regression
        Analysis 439

CHAPTER 13 UNIONS AND THE LABOR MARKET 443
    Union Structure and Membership 444
    The Activities and Tools of Collective Bargaining 456
    The Effects of Unions 472
    Review Questions 487
    Problems 488
    Selected Readings 489
    Appendix 13A Arbitration and the Bargaining Contract Zone 490

CHAPTER 14 UNEMPLOYMENT 495

    A Stock-Flow Model of the Labor Market 497
    Frictional Unemployment 501
    Structural Unemployment 508
    Demand-Deficient (Cyclical) Unemployment 514
    Seasonal Unemployment 521
    When Do We Have Full Employment? 523
    Review Questions 528
    Problems 529
    Selected Readings 530

CHAPTER 15 INEQUALITY IN EARNINGS 531
    Measuring Inequality 532
    Earnings Inequality since 1980: Some Descriptive Data 535
    The Underlying Causes of Growing Inequality 542
    Review Questions 551
    Problems 552
    Selected Readings 553
    Appendix 15A Lorenz Curves and Gini Coefficients 554

CHAPTER 16 THE LABOR-MARKET EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND PRODUCTION  SHARING 559
    Why Does Trade Take Place? 560
    Effects of Trade on the Demand for Labor 566
    Will Wages Converge across Countries? 575
    Review Questions 584
    Problems 584
    Suggested Readings 585

Subject Index 642


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