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ISE Labor Economics George Borjas

ISE Labor Economics By George Borjas

ISE Labor Economics by George Borjas


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ISE Labor Economics Summary

ISE Labor Economics by George Borjas

Labor Economics, eighth edition by George J. Borjas provides a modern introduction to labor economics, emphasizing both theory and empirical evidence. The book uses many examples drawn from state-of-the-art studies in labor economics literature. The author introduces, through examples, methodological techniques that are commonly used in labor economics to empirically test various aspects of the theory.
Labor Economics is thoroughly integrated with the adaptive digital tools available in McGraw-Hills Connect, proven to increase student engagement and success in the course.

About George Borjas

George J. Borjas is the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Research Fellow at IZA. Professor Borjas received his Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University. Professor Borjas has written extensively on labor market issues. He is the author of several books, including Wage Policy in the Federal Bureaucracy (American Enterprise Institute. 1980), Friends or Strangers: The Impact of Immigrants on the U.S. Economy (Basic Books. 1990), Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy (Princeton University Press, 1999), Immigration Economics (Harvard University Press. 2014), and We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative (Norton, 2016). He has published more than 150 articles in books and scholarly journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Professor Borjas was called Americas leading immigration economist by Businessweek and The Wall Street Journal. In 2011, Professor Borjas was awarded the IZA Prize in Labor Economics. He was an editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics from 1998 to 2006. He also has served as a member of the Advisory Panel in Economics at the National Science Foundation and has testified frequently before congressional committees and government commissions.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Labor Economics
2 Labor Supply
3 Labor Demand
4 Labor Market Equilibrium
5 Compensating Wage Differentials
6 Education
7 The Wage Distribution
8 Labor Mobility
9 Labor Market Discrimination
10 Labor Unions
11 Incentive Pay
12 Unemployment

Additional information

GOR011919156
9781260565522
1260565521
ISE Labor Economics by George Borjas
Used - Very Good
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education
2019-03-29
992
N/A
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