Labor economics / Pierre Cahuc and André Zylberberg.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Pt. 1. Supply and Demand Behaviors -- Ch. 1. Labor Supply -- Ch. 2. Education and Human Capital -- Ch. 3. Job Search -- Ch. 4. Labor Demand -- Pt. 2. Wage Formation -- Ch. 5. Compensating Wage Differentials and Discrimination -- Ch. 6. Contracts, Risk-Sharing, and Incentive -- Ch. 7. Collective Bargaining -- Pt. 3. Unemployment and Inequality -- Ch. 8. Unemployment and Inflation -- Ch. 9. Job Reallocation and Unemployment -- Ch. 10. Technological Progress, Globalization, and Inequalities -- Pt. 4. Institutions and Economic Policy -- Ch. 11. Labor Market Policies -- Ch. 12. Institutions and Labor Market Performance -- App. A. Static Optimization -- App. B. Dynamic Optimization -- App. C. Basic Notions Concerning Random Variables -- App. D. The Poisson Process and the Value of an Asset -- App. E. Systems of Linear Difference Equations.

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