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Labour Market Economics

9th Edition
1259654842 · 9781259654848
Labour Market Economics provides a mixture of theory and practice with a unique emphasis on Canadian policy issues. Written by leading researchers in Canada in the area of labour economics and industrial organization, the Ninth Edition has been refre… Read More
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Preface
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction to Labour Market Economics

Part 1: Labour Supply
Chapter 2: Labour Supply: Individual Attachment to the Labour Market
Chapter 3: Labour Supply and Public Policy: Work Incentive Effects of Alternative Income Maintenance Schemes
Chapter 4: Labour Supply Over The Life Cycle

Part 2: Labour Demand
Chapter 5: Demand for Labour in Competitive Labour Markets
Chapter 6: Labour Demand, Nonwage Benefits, and Quasi-Fixed Costs

Part 3: Labour Demand and Supply Together
Chapter 7: Wages and Employment in a Single Labour Market

Part 4: The Determination of Relative Wages
Chapter 8: Compensating Wage Differentials
Chapter 9: Human Capital Theory: Applications to Education and Training
Chapter 10: Wage Structures Across Markets
Chapter 11: The Economics of Immigration
Chapter 12: Discrimination and Male-Female Earnings Differentials
Chapter 13: Optimal Compensation Systems, Deferred Compensation, and Mandatory Retirement

Part 5: Unions
Chapter 14: Unions and Collective Bargaining
Chapter 15: Union Impact on Wage and Nonwage Outcomes

Part 6: Unemployment
Chapter 16: Unemployment: Meaning, Measurement, and Canada's Experience
Chapter 17: Unemployment: Causes and Consequences

References
Glossary
Labour Market Economics provides a mixture of theory and practice with a unique emphasis on Canadian policy issues. Written by leading researchers in Canada in the area of labour economics and industrial organization, the Ninth Edition has been refreshed to include updated content coverage, data, tables, and figures, and enhanced to support instructors teaching efforts.
NEW AUTHOR. This edition features the addition of Professor Tammy Schirle to the author team. Her expertise, energy and perspective has refreshed both the content and approach of the core material and its connection to public policy.
IMPROVED READABILITY. The author team took great care to improve the readability of the text, making it more student friendly and accessible to a broader audience.
NEW & UPDATED RESEARCH. Chapters have been updated to incorporate new research findings and to maintain currency with Canadian labour market policy.
UPDATED TABLES AND FIGURES. The authors have updated the empirical evidence, for both first-order descriptive statistics and the results of applied research. All of the tables and figures have been updated with the most recently available data.
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE. With a uniquely Canadian perspective, Benjamin et al discusses topics that reflect the Canadian landscape including coverage of unions and unemployment. Emphasis is on Canadian data, examples, institutions, problems, and policies. Canadian issues are discussed within the context of a more general theoretical and empirical framework, applicable to the labour problems of most developed countries.
THEORY, EVIDENCE, AND POLICY. Benjamin et al provides a mixture of theory and practice with an emphasis on Canadian policy issues. It also provides students with the tools they need for critical thinking about labour market problems, worked examples, and extensive problem material.
DISTINGUISHED AUTHORSHIP. Labour Market Economics is authored leading researchers in Canada in the area of labour economics and industrial organization. New to this edition is Tammy Shirle Professor of Economics in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University.
WORKED EXAMPLES. The numerical worked examples illustrate more concretely the theoretical and conceptual issues introduced in the book. Working through the numerical details of an explicit example helps bridge the gap between the material in the text and the problems at the end of each chapter, which often involve numerical computations.
EXTENSIVE PROBLEM MATERIAL. Benjamin et al includes Review Questions, which are slightly easier and designed to direct students to specific parts of the chapter in order to highlight important concepts or issues, and Problems, which are more analytical and designed to challenge students to apply lessons from the chapter to real-world situations.
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