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Tables of Contents for The Economics of Labor Markets
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Chapter 1 The Labor Market
1
42
Chapter 2 Hours of Work
43
72
APPENDIX 2A The Hours of Work Decision for Salaried Workers
97
6
APPENDIX 2B Constrained Optimization and the Labor/Leisure Choice Model
103
4
APPENDIX 2C Estimating a Labor Supply Curve with Linear Regression
107
8
Chapter 3 Labor Force Participation
115
56
APPENDIX 3A The Allocation of Time to Market Work, Home Work, and Leisure: A Graphic Exposition
163
5
APPENDIX 3B Constrained Optimization and the Participation Decision
168
3
Chapter 4 The Demand for Labor in the Short Run
171
50
APPENDIX 4A The Short-Run Equilibrium Level of Employment
219
2
Chapter 5 The Demand for Labor in the Long Run
221
44
APPENDIX 5A The Long-Run Equilibrium Level of Employment
261
4
Chapter 6 The Determination of Wages
265
72
APPENDIX 6A Data, Reference, and Internet Sources in Labor Economics
329
8
Chapter 7 Education, Training, and Earnings Differentials: The Theory of Human Capital
337
70
APPENDIX 7A Education as a Screening Device
395
6
APPENDIX 7B Estimating a Human Capital Earnings Function
401
6
Chapter 8 Occupational Wage Differentials
407
62
APPENDIX 8A Measuring Occupation Segregation -- the Duncan Index
463
6
Chapter 9 Discrimination in the Labor Market
469
58
APPENDIX 9A The Measurement of Discrimination
525
2
Chapter 10 Union Membership and Collective Bargaining
527
78
APPENDIX 10A A Comparison of Monopoly, Efficient Contract, and Median Voter Models of Union Wage Determination
594
11
Chapter 11 The Economic Impact of Labor Unions
605
40
APPENDIX 11A Estimating Union-Nonunion Wage Differentials
641
4
Chapter 12 Unemployment
645
48
APPENDIX 12A International Unemployment Statistics
686
7
Glossary
693
6
Name Index
699
8
Subject Index
707