Industries, Firms, and Jobs (eBook, PDF)

Sociological and Economic Approaches
Redaktion: Farkas, George; England, Paula

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a welcome reassertion of an old tradition of interdisdplinary research. That tradition has tended to atrophy in the last decade, largely because of an enormous expansion of the domain of neoc1assical economics. The expansion has fed on two sdentific developments: first, human capital theory; second, contract theory. Both developments have taken phenomena critical to the operation of the economy but previously understood in terms of categories separate and distinct from those with which economists generally work and sought to apply the same analytical techniques that we use to understand other economic problems. Human capital theory has applied conventional techniques to questions of labor supply. It began this endeavor with the supply of trained labor and then expanded to a general theory of labor supply by broadening the analysis to the allocation of time over the individual's life, the interdependendes of supply decisions within the family, and finally to the formation of the family itself. Similarly, contract theory has moved from a theory that explains the existence of c10sed economic institutions to a theory of their formation and internaioperation. The hallmark of both of these developments is the extension and applica tion of analytical techniques based on purposive maximization under con traints and the interaction of individual decision makers through a com petitive market or its analogue.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781489935366
• Artikelnr.: 44173835

Autorenporträt

George Farkas

Inhaltsangabe

Work Structures and Markets.- Economic Segmentation Reconsidered.- The Prospects for Economic Dualism.- Careers, Industries, and Occupations.- Neoclassical and Sociological Perspectives on Segmented Labor Markets.- Industrial Structure and Markets.- Structural Effects on Wages.- Schooling and Capitalism.- Market Concentration and Structural Power as Sources of Industrial Productivity.- Firms and Internal Labor Markets.- The Economics and Sociology of Organization.- The Sociological and Economic Approaches to Labor Market Analysis.- Income Determination in Three Internal Labor Markets.- The Future of Work.- Good Jobs and Bad Management.- Dueling Sectors.- The Impact of Technology on Work Organization and Work Outcomes.- Sociological and Economic Approaches to the Study of Industries, Firms, and Jobs.- Economic and Sociological Views of Industries, Firms, and Jobs.

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I: Introduction
1: Work Structures and Markets
II: Economic Segmentation Reconsidered
2: The Prospects for Economic Dualism
3: Careers, Industries, and Occupations
4: Neoclassical and Sociological Perspectives on Segmented Labor Markets
III: Industrial Structure And Markets
5: Structural Effects on Wages
6: Schooling and Capitalism
7: Market Concentration and Structural Power as Sources of Industrial Productivity
IV: Firms and Internal Labor Markets
8: The Economics and Sociology of Organization
9: The Sociological and Economic Approaches to Labor Market Analysis
10: Income Determination in Three Internal Labor Markets
V: The Future of Work
11: Good Jobs and Bad Management: How New Problems Evoke Old Solutions in High-Tech Settings
12: Dueling Sectors: The Role of Service Industries in the Earnings Process of the Dual Economy
13: The Impact of Technology on Work Organization and Work Outcomes
VI: Sociological and Economic Approaches to the Study of Industries, Firms, and Jobs
14: Economic and Sociological Views of Industries, Firms, and Jobs