Chapter 1:

Labor Economics: Introduction and Overview

Chapter 2:

The Theory of Individual Labor Supply

Chapter 3:

Population, Participation Rates, and Hours of Work

Chapter 4:

Labor Quality: Investing in Human Capital

Chapter 5:

The Demand for Labor

Chapter 6:

Wage Determination and the Allocation of Labor

Chapter 7:

Alternative Pay Schemes and Labor Efficiency

Chapter 8:

The Wage Structure

Chapter 9:

Mobility, Migration, and Efficiency

Chapter 10:

Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining

Chapter 11:

The Economic Impact of Unions

Chapter 12:

Government and the Labor Market: Employment, Expenditures, and Taxation

Chapter 13:

Government and the Labor Market: Legislation and Regulation

Chapter 14:

Labor Market Discrimination

Chapter 15:

Job Search: External and Internal

Chapter 16:

The Distribution of Personal Earnings

Chapter 17:

Labor Productivity: Wages, Prices, and Employment

Chapter 18:

Employment and Unemployment

Appendix: Information Sources in Labor Economics