Research in Labor Economics

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

"Research in Labor Economics" focuses on various aspects of labor markets and how these markets affect our well-being. As such, this volume contains eleven chapters: three on labor supply, directly dealing with various aspects of the participation decision; two on human capital, the accumulation of worker skills; three directly on employee earnings; and three on the distribution of earnings throughout society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-02-18
Mått:156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt:752 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Research in Labor Economics
Antal sidor:412
Förlag:Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN:9780762305704

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Mikroekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

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Eleven papers focus on various aspects of labor markets and how these markets affect economic well-being. ...Polachek is in the Department of Economics at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Journal of Economic Literature ...Eleven papers focus on various aspects of labor markets and how these markets affect economic well-being. Journal of Economic Literature

Innehållsförteckning

Preface (S.W. Polachek). Do financial incentives encourage welfare recipients to work? Evidence from a randomized evaluation of the self-sufficiency project (D. Card, P. Robins). Labor market dynamics and part-time work (R. Blank). Job-satisfaction, wage changes and quits: evidence from Germany (A. Clark, Y. Georgellis and P. Sanfey). Soft-skills and long-run labor market success (G. Duncan, R. Dunifon). English language fluency among immigrants in the United States (B. Chiswick, P. Miller). The anatomy of jumps and falls in wages (M. Moore, W.K. Viscusi and R. Zeckhauser). The effects of labor market experience, job seniority and job mobility on wage growth (J. Altonji, N. Williams). Investments in U. S. education and training as supply responses (J. Mincer). Technology and wage structure: has technology's impact accelerated since the 1970s? (L. Mishel, J. Bernstein). Wage dispersion and institutions: an alternative explanation (C.N. Teulings, J. Hartog). Income inequality and changes in family size (D. Slottje, S. Yitzhaki).