The Economics of Earnings

by Solomon W. Polachek, W. Stanley Siebert

Overview

This book examines the wages people earn, the jobs they do, and the effect of government labor market policies on wages and employment. The book synthesizes research findings on these topics, using a human capital framework that no other similar book offers. The authors present an integrated evaluation of education subsidies, training programs, gender and race equality programs, unemployment insurance laws, minimum wage legislation, union protection laws, health and safety laws and employment protection laws.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521367288
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/28/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.87(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction: the importance of life-cycle analysis; 2. The life-cycle human capital model; 3. Schooling; 4. Post-school investments; 5. Labour supply; 6. Gender in the labour market; 7. Compensating wage differentials and heterogeneous human capital; 8. Information and wages; 9. Payment systems and internal labour markets; 10. Unionisation; References.

Editorial Reviews

"Reservations aside, this book is a masterful synthesis of theory and evidence. It provides a thoughtful and highly readable presentation of the central questions and methodological issues that constitute current day understanding of, and research on, labor markets." Southern Economic Journal

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