Chapter 1- Introduction. Chapter 2- Overview of the labor market. Chapter 3- The demand for labor. Chapter 4- Labor demand elasticities. Chapter 5- Frictions in the labor market. Chapter 6- Supply of labor to the economy: the decision to work. Chapter 7- Labor supply: household production, the family, and the life cycle. Chapter 8- Compensating differentials and labor markets. Chapter 9- Investments in human capital: education and training. Chapter 10- Worker mobility: migration, inmigration, and turnover. Chapter 11- Pay and productivity: wage determination within the firm. Chapter 12- Gender, race, and ethnicity in the labor market. Chapter 13-Unions and the labor market. Chapter 14- Unemployment. Chapter 15- Inequality in earnings. Chapter 16- The labor-market effects of international trade and production sharing.

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