TY - BOOK AU - Ehrenberg,Ronald G. AU - Smith,Robert S. TI - Modern labor economics: theory and public policy SN - 9781292060477 (paperback) U1 - 331 22 PY - 2015/// CY - Harlow PB - Pearson Education Limited KW - Labor economics KW - BUEsh KW - Labor policy KW - BUSECO KW - June2015 KW - July2015 KW - reading book N1 - Publication date from publisher's website; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction -- Overview of the labor market -- The demand for labor -- Labor demand elasticities -- Frictions in the labor market -- Supply of labor to the economy: the decision to work -- Labor supply: household production, the family, and the life cycle -- Compensating wage differentials and labor markets -- Investments in human capital: education and training -- Worker mobility: migration, immigration, and turnover -- Pay and productivity : wage determination within the firm -- Gender, race, and ethnicity in the labor market -- Unions and the labor market -- - Unemployment -- Inequality in earnings--The labor-market effects of international trade and production sharing. ER -