Contemporary Labor Economics
Author: Campbell R McConnell
Contemporary Labor Economics, 7e presents the "new" labor economics. In the past, study of labor was highly descriptive, emphasizing historical developments, facts, institutions, and legal considerations. Labor markets and unemployment was accorded some attention, but the analysis was typically minimal. This state of affairs has changed significantly in recent decades. Economists have achieved important breakthroughs in studying labor markets and problems. Labor economics is increasingly an applied field of micro and macro theory and has become a critical part of the core of analytical economics. As a result, the focus of the text is on the "new" labor economics. However, it also presents traditional topics such as labor law, structure of unions, and collective bargaining since these issues also play an important role in labor markets.
Table of Contents:
| Preface | ||
| Ch. 1 | Labor Economics: Introduction and Overview | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | The Theory of Individual Labor Supply | 14 |
| Ch. 3 | Population, Participation Rates, and Hours of Work | 51 |
| Ch. 4 | Labor Quality: Investing in Human Capital | 84 |
| Ch. 5 | The Demand for Labor | 126 |
| Ch. 6 | Wage Determination and the Allocation of Labor | 167 |
| Ch. 7 | Alternative Pay Schemes and Labor Efficiency | 207 |
| Ch. 8 | The Wage Structure | 241 |
| Ch. 9 | Mobility, Migration, and Efficiency | 275 |
| Ch. 10 | Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining | 306 |
| Ch. 11 | The Economic Impact of Unions | 343 |
| Ch. 12 | Government and the Labor Market: Employment, Expenditures, and Taxation | 376 |
| Ch. 13 | Government and the Labor Market: Legislation and Regulation? | 403 |
| Ch. 14 | Labor Market Discrimination | 438 |
| Ch. 15 | Job Search: External and Internal | 479 |
| Ch. 16 | The Distribution of Personal Earnings | 499 |
| Ch. 17 | Labor Productivity: Wages, Prices, and Unemployment | 524 |
| Ch. 18 | Employment and Unemployment | 553 |
| App | Information Sources in Labor Economics | 582 |
| Glossary | 598 | |
| Answers to "Your Turn" Questions | 613 | |
| Index | 617 |
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Understanding the Digital Economy: Data, Tools, and Research
Author: Erik Brynjolfsson
The rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in information, computing, and communications, is having a profound effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently directed the National Economic Council, in consultation with executive branch agencies, to analyze the economic implications of the Internet and electronic commerce domestically and internationally, and to consider new types of data collection and research that could be undertaken by public and private organizations.
This book contains work presented at a conference held by executive branch agencies in May 1999 at the Department of Commerce. The goals of the conference were to assess current research on the digital economy, to engage the private sector in developing the research that informs investment and policy decisions, and to promote better understanding of the growth and socioeconomic implications of information technology and electronic commerce. Aspects of the digital economy addressed include macroeconomic assessment, organizational change, small business, access, market structure and competition, and employment and the workforce.
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