UID:
almahu_9947367532402882
Format:
1 online resource (928 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-02532-1
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9786611025328
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0-08-054418-5
Series Statement:
Handbooks in economics ; 5
Content:
Modern labor economics has continued to grow and develop since the first volumes of this Handbook were published. The subject matter of labor economics continues to have at its core an attempt to systematically find empirical analyses that are consistent with a systematic and parsimonious theoretical understanding of the diverse phenomenon that make up the labor market. As before, many of these analyses are provocative and controversial because they are so directly relevant to both public policy and private decision making. In many ways the modern development in the field of labor economics co
Note:
Vol. 3A-C edited by Orley Ashenfelter and David Card.
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Cover; Contents of Volume 3A; Introduction to the Series; Contents of the Handbook; Preface to the Handbook; PART 6: OVERVIEW ISSUES; Chapter 23. Empirical Strategies in Labor Economics; 1 Introduction; 2 Identification strategies for causal relationships; 3 Data collection strategies; 4 Measurement issues; 5 Summary; Appendix A; References; Chapter 24. New Developments in Econometric Methods for Labor Market Analysis; 1 What labor economists do; 2 Developments in qualitative, limited-dependent, and selection bias models; 3 Conclusions; References
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Chapter 25. Institutions and Laws in the Labor Market1 Introduction; 2 Scope of the chapter; 3 Why are there labor market institutions?; 4 Theoretical overview: recent developments in analyzing labor market institutions, wage levels, wage dispersion, and employment; 5 Wage centralization and macroeconomic performance; 6 Wage-setting institutions and wage inequality; 7 Responses to labor market institutions; 8 Conclusions; References; Chapter 26. Changes in the Wage Structure and Earnings Inequality; 1 Introduction; 2 Changes in the US wage structure; 3 Changes in other advanced OECD countries
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4 Conceptual framework supply, demand, and institutions5 Supply and demand factors; 6 Labor market rents and labor market institutions; 7 Conclusions; References; PART 7: THE SUPPLY SIDE; Chapter 27. Labor Supply: a Review of Alternative Approaches; 1 Introduction; 2 How have tax and welfare policies changed?; 3 Recent empirical trends; 4 A framework for understanding labor supply; 5 Policy reforms and the natural experiment approach; 6 Estimation with non-participation and non-linear budget constraints; 7 Family labor supply; 8 Structural dynamic models; 9 Closing comments
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Appendix A. Specifications of within-period preferencesReferences; Chapter 28. The Economic Analysis of Immigration; 1 Introduction; 2 Immigration and the host country's economy; 3 The skills of immigrants: theory; 4 The skills of immigrants: empirics; 5 Immigration and the wage structure; 6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 29. Intergenerational Mobility in the Labor Market; 1 Introduction; 2 A simple theoretical model; 3 Sibling correlations in earnings; 4 Intergenerational correlations in earnings; 5 Neighborhood effects; 6 Conclusions; References
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Chapter 30. The Causal Effect of Education on Earnings1 Introduction and overview; 2 The human capital earnings function; 3 Causal modelling of the return to education; 4 A selective review of recent empirical studies; 5 Conclusions; Appendix A; References; Chapter 31. The Economics and Econometrics of Active Labor Market Programs; 1 Introduction; 2 Public job training and active labor market policies; 3 The evaluation problem and the parameters of interest in evaluating social programs; 4 Prototypical solutions to the evaluation problem; 5 Social experiments
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6 Econometric models of outcomes and program participation
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-50187-8
Language:
English
