Includes index.

Contents: Labor economics: Introduction and overview -- The theory of individual labor supply -- Population, participation rates and hours of work -- Labor quality: Investing in human capital -- The demand of labor -- Wage determination and the allocation of labor -- Alternative pay schemes and labor efficiency -- The wage structure -- Mobility: Unions and collective bargaining -- The economic impact of unions -- Government and the labor market: Employment, expenditures and taxation -- Government and the labor market: Legislation and regulation -- Labor market discrimination -- Job search: External and internal -- The distribution of personal earnings -- Labor productivity: Wages, prices and employment -- Employment and unemployment -- Information sources in labor economics.