TY - BOOK AU - McConnell,Campbell R. AU - Brue,Stanley L. AU - Macpherson,David A. TI - Contemporary labor economics T2 - The McGraw-Hill series economics SN - 9781259290602 (alk. paper) AV - HD4901 .M15 2015 U1 - 331 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Dubuque, IA PB - McGraw-Hill Education KW - Labor economics N1 - Revised edition of Contemporary labor economics, 2013; Labor economics: introduction and overview -- The theory of individual labor supply -- Population, participation rates, and hours of work -- Labor quality: investing in human capital -- The demand for labor -- Wage determination and the allocation of labor -- Alternative pay schemes and labor efficiency -- The wage structure -- Mobility, migration, and efficiency -- Labor unions and collective bargaining -- The economics impact of unions -- Government and the labor market : employment, expenditures, and taxation -- Government and the labor market : legislation and regulation -- Labor market discrimination -- Job search: external and internal -- The distribution of personal earnings -- Labor productivity : wages, prices, and employment -- Employment and unemployment -- Textbooks and research surveys -- Glossary -- Answers to "your turn" questions -- Name index -- Subject index ER -