Ingrid H. Rima

Labor Markets in a Global Economy: A Macroeconomic Perspective (eBook, ePUB)

A Macroeconomic Perspective

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This introductory text on labour economics covers topics such as: the shift in America from a manufacturing-based economy to a service economy; the changes in the economic conditions in the US; the implications of NAFTA and GATT; and the labour markets.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317466604
• Artikelnr.: 42881346

Autorenporträt

Rima, Ingrid H.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
1. The Changing World of Work: The Changing Scope of Labor Economics
Part I. The Macroeconomic Aspects of Labor-Market Behavior and Outcomes
2. The Demographics of Labor Markets and Labor Unions
3. Aggregate-Demand and Aggregate-Supply Functions and the Level of Employment
4. Types of Unemployment and Their Measurement
5. The Labor-Market Impact of a Global Economy
Part II. The Microeconomic Aspects of Labor-Market Behavior and Outcomes
6. The Quality of the Labor Supply: Investment in Human Capital
7. Hours of Work and the Labor-Supply Decisions of Households
8. Gender
Age
and Racial Differences in Labor-Force Participation
9. The Allocation of Labor to Occupations and Jobs
10. The Employment Decisions of Price-Taking Firms
11. The Employment Decisions of Price-Making Firms
12. Wage Rates and Employment Levels in Union and Nonunion Industries
Part III. The Wage Structure and the Level of Wages and Prices
13. The Wage Structure: Skill Differentials
14. The Wage Structure: Discriminatory Differentials
15. Wages in Union versus Nonunion Sectors of the Economy
16. The Dual Problem of Unemployment and Inflation
Part IV. Labor Policy Issues
17. The Working Poor: Is There a Market Solution?
18. Achieving Full Employment in the 1990s without Inflation
19. Employability and Human-Resources Policy
Index
About the Author