TY - BOOK AU - Mcconnell, Campbell R. AU - Bruce, Stanley L. AU - Macpherson, David A. TI - Contemporary labour economics. SN - 9780070166752 AV - HD4901.M66 PY - 2010/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw Hill N1 - 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 ER -