Research Catalog

Title

Labor economics / Pierre Cahuc and André Zylberberg.

Author

Cahuc, Pierre.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2004.

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Additional Authors

Zylberberg, André.

Description

xxxiii, 844 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This landmark graduate level text combines depth and breadth of coverage with recent, cutting edge work in all the major areas of modern labor economics. Labor Economics is the only textbook available for advanced graduate students in the field, and it will be widely used, because of its command of the literature and the freshness of the material included, it will also prove to be a valuable resource for practicing labor economists."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Marché du travail. English

Alternative Title

Marché du travail.

Subject

• Labor economics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Pt. 1. Supply and Demand Behaviors -- Ch. 1. Labor Supply -- Ch. 2. Education and Human Capital -- Ch. 3. Job Search -- Ch. 4. Labor Demand -- Pt. 2. Wage Formation -- Ch. 5. Compensating Wage Differentials and Discrimination -- Ch. 6. Contracts, Risk-Sharing, and Incentive -- Ch. 7. Collective Bargaining -- Pt. 3. Unemployment and Inequality -- Ch. 8. Unemployment and Inflation -- Ch. 9. Job Reallocation and Unemployment -- Ch. 10. Technological Progress, Globalization, and Inequalities -- Pt. 4. Institutions and Economic Policy -- Ch. 11. Labor Market Policies -- Ch. 12. Institutions and Labor Market Performance -- App. A. Static Optimization -- App. B. Dynamic Optimization -- App. C. Basic Notions Concerning Random Variables -- App. D. The Poisson Process and the Value of an Asset -- App. E. Systems of Linear Difference Equations.

ISBN

026203316X

LCCN

2003067181

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries