Product Description: The IZA World of Labor distils and condenses the best thinking and research on labor economic issues to enable decision-makers make better informed policy decisions. Written by well-known labor economists worldwide, the findings on each topic are presented in a compact and readable format, as distillations of comprehensive evidence-based research...read more

Product Description: Originally presented at a Conference on Labor in Nonprofit Industry and Government held at Princeton University, these studies are the first to provide an economic discussion of the public sector labor market.Melvin Reder examines the effect of the absence of the profit motive on employment and wage determination in the public sector...read more

The purpose of Economics Is Everywhere by Daniel S. Hamermesh is to illustrate the wide range of daily activities to which an economic way of thinking can be applied. The 400 vignettes were inspired by news stories, television shows, movies, music, family events, and other facets of daily life. Some vignettes were suggested by students or colleagues. The book is organized into three parts to follow the topical arrangement of a typical introductory microeconomic textbook. These vignettes apply what students learn in their introductory microeconomics textbook. They focus on the student's ability to apply formal analysis with myriad of examples that come out of their daily activities. After studying this applications/issues book, students will be able to read a newspaper or magazine and understand their own daily activities in a new, economic way--and as a result, understand the economics at work around them.

Product Description: These studies are based on information on time use in nine countries. It deals with the "when?" and "with whom?" questions describing human behavior, "what is done?" questions of the quantities and determinants of economic activities as well as children's issues and issues involved in the creation of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS)...read more

Product Description: With recent immigration at a near record high, many observers fear that African Americans, particularly those in low skill jobs, are increasingly losing out to immigrants in the American labor market. Because today's immigrants are largely non-European and non-white, there is also speculation that their presence will intensify the competition for housing and educational opportunities among minority groups...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Provides a thorough grounding in the concepts of labour markets with supporting theories and empirical evidence. The text encourages analysis and critical thinking, covering not only theory and historical perspectives, but prompting readers to confront new labour issues as they encounter them...read more

Product Description: In this book Daniel Hamermesh provides the first comprehensive picture of the disparate field of labor demand. The author reviews both the static and dynamic theories of labor demand, and provides evaluative summaries of the available empirical research in these two subject areas...read more

Product Description: Provides a thorough grounding in the concepts of labour markets with supporting theories and empirical evidence. The text encourages analysis and critical thinking, covering not only theory and historical perspectives, but prompting readers to confront new labour issues as they encounter them...read more

Product Description: This important book presents in one volume the most important articles and papers on three key issues in modern labor economics: the dynamics of labour demand, the related adjustment costs, and the effects of employment security policies...read more