Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Part One BASICS
5. 1 Introduction 3
6. 2 Simple Models of Monopsony and Oligopsony 29
7. 3 Efficiency in Oligopsonistic Labor Markets 56
8. 4 The Elasticity of the Labor Supply Curve to an Individual Firm 80
9. Part Two THE STRUCTURE OF WAGES
10. 5 The Wage Policies of Employers 117
11. 6 Earnings and the Life Cycle 141
12. 7 Gender Discrimination in Labor Markets 193
13. 8 Employers and Wages 217
14. Part Three LABOR DEMAND AND SUPPLY
15. 9 Unemployment, Inactivity, and Labor Supply 239
16. 10 Vacancies and the Demand for Labor 269
17. 11 Human Capital and Training 301
18. Part Four WAGE-SETTING INSTITUTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
19. 12 The Minimum Wage and Trade Unions 325
20. 13 Monopsony and the Big Picture 360
21. Data Sets Appendix 368
22. Bibliography 379
23. Index 397