Fundamentals of Labor Economics - Hardcover

Hyclak, Thomas; Johnes, Geraint; Thornton, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1133561586 ISBN 13: 9781133561583

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2012

Synopsis

Labor Economics, 2e covers the essential aspects of modern labor economics from an international perspective, providing students with a comprehensive survey of economic theory and empirical evidence on purely competitive labor markets. In addition, the authors examine the impact of imperfect competition, incomplete information and uncertainty, and institutional factors--stemming from laws, unions, and human resource policies--on wages and employment opportunities.

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About the Author:

Thomas Hyclak has been a member of the economics faculty at Lehigh since 1979 and was department chair from 1999 to 2006. He served the College of Business and Economics as Interim Dean. His research has involved a number of empirical studies of the determinants of wage levels, unemployment and earnings distributions in urban labor markets. Professor Hyclak has also published several studies of the impact of human resource management innovations and industrial relations activities on the performance of workers and their organizations.

Geraint Johnes is Professor of Economics at Lancaster University Management School. His research focuses on labor economics and the economics of education, with a particular interest in the efficiency of educational provision. His recent papers include work on the gig economy and on the future of the high street. From 2014-15 he was Director of the Work Foundation, a major London-based think-tank dealing in policy issues surrounding the labor market.

Robert Thornton is an Associate Director of the Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise. His research interests lie in the areas of labor economics (particularly unionism in the public sector, occupational licensing, and labor market discrimination) and forensic economics. He teaches courses in labor economics and statistics. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois after having served as a research assistant at the Brookings Institution. He began his academic career at Lehigh in 1970, and has been a Visiting Research Professor at the University of Sussex (UK) and University College Dublin (Ireland). He also serves as a private consultant in litigation involving personal injury, wrongful death, and discrimination.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1133561586
• ISBN 13: 9781133561583
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 528