Jacobsen, Joyce P. <br/><br/>
Labor markets and employment relationships :  a comprehensive approach / 
Joyce P. Jacobsen and Gilbert L. Skillman. 
 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Pub.,  2004. 
 - xxviii, 556 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: labor economics and the political economy of labor -- Part I: Labor supply and demand: Labor supply -- Labor demand -- Perfectly competitive labor markets -- Imperfectly competitive labor markets -- Part II: The labor exchange: The structure of labor exchange -- Strategic labor exchange -- Bargaining in labor exchange -- Imperfect contracting in labor exchange -- Part III: The employment relationship: The nature of the employment relationship -- Employee compensation and incentive provision -- Employment continuity and internal labor markets -- Employee representation in the workplace -- Part IV: Labor market divisions: Wages and working conditions -- Education and ability -- Employee characteristics and discrimination -- Employer characteristics and market segmentation -- Part V: labor in the market system: -- Earnings inequality -- Unemployment -- Labor market dynamics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0631208364 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003023829 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Labor market.<br/>Industrial relations.<br/>Labor economics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD5706  / .J33 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331 J12l