TY - BOOK AU - Jacobsen,Joyce P. AU - Skillman,Gilbert L. TI - Labor markets and employment relationships: a comprehensive approach SN - 0631208364 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HD5706 .J33 2004 U1 - 331 J12l 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Malden, MA PB - Blackwell Pub. KW - Labor market KW - Industrial relations KW - Labor economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0410/2003023829.html ER -