Handbook of labor economics Volume 4B Volume 4B /
What factors affect the ways individuals participate in labor markets? ""New Developments and Research on Labor Markets"" (volume 4B) proposes answers to this and other questions on important topics of public policy. Leading labor economists demonstrate how better data and a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier
c2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Handbooks in economics
Handbook of Labor Economics |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627998606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Half title page; Introduction to the series; Title page; Copyright page; Contents of Volume 4B; Contents of Volume 4A; Contributors to Volume 4B; Chapter 9. Earnings, Consumption and Life Cycle Choices; 1. Introduction; 2. The Impact of Income Changes on Consumption: Some Theory; 3. Modeling the Income Process; 4. Using Choices to Learn About Risk; 5. Income Processes, Labor Supply and Mobility; 6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 10. Racial Inequality in the 21st Century: The Declining Significance of Discrimination; 1. Introduction
- 2. The Declining Significance of Discrimination3. Basic Facts About Racial Differences in Achievement Before Kids Enter School; 4. Interventions to Foster Human Capital Before Children Enter School; 5. The Racial Achievement Gap in Kindergarten through 12th Grade; 6. The Racial Achievement Gap in High School; 7. Interventions to Foster Human Capital in School-Aged Children; 8. Conclusion; Appendix. Data Description; References; Chapter 11. Imperfect Competition in the Labor Market; 1. The Sources of Imperfect Competition; 2. How Much Imperfect Competition? The Size of Rents
- 3. Models of Wage Determination4. Estimates of Rent-splitting; 5. So What?; 6. Applications; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A. Estimating the Size of Rents from a Search Model; Appendix B. A Model with Heterogeneous Worker Ability; Appendix C. Results Equating Separation and Recruitment Elasticity; References; Chapter 12. Skills, Tasks and Technologies: Implications for Employment and Earnings; 1. Introduction; 2. An Overview of Labor Market Trends; 3. The Canonical Model; 4. A Ricardian Model of the Labor Market; 5. Comparative Advantage and Wages: An Empirical Approach; 6. Concluding remarks
- ReferencesChapter 13. Institutional Reforms and Dualism in European Labor Markets; 1. Introduction; 2. Institutions and Reforms; 3. A Simple Model of Labor Reallocation and Reforms; 4. Are We Learning Enough from the Reforms?; 5. Final Remarks; Appendix A. The fRDB-IZA Social Policy Reforms Database; Appendix B. Institutions in the MP Model; References; Chapter 14. Local Labor Markets; 1. Introduction; 2. Some Important Facts about Local Labor Markets; 3. Equilibrium in Local Labor Markets; 4. The Determinants of Productivity Differences Across Local Labor Markets; 5. Implications for Policy
- 6. ConclusionsReferences; Chapter 15. Human Capital Development before Age Five; 1. Introduction; 2. Conceptual Framework; 3. Methods; 4. Empirical Literature: Evidence of Long Term Consequences; 5. Empirical Literature: Policy Responses; 6. Discussion and Conclusions; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; References; Chapter 16. Recent Developments in Intergenerational Mobility; 1. Intergenerational Correlations of Earnings and Education; 2. Identifying the Causal Effects of Parental Education and Earnings; 3. Other Family Background Characteristics; 4. Conclusion; References
- Chapter 17. New Perspectives on Gender
