Labor markets and employment relationships : a comprehensive approach / Joyce P. Jacobsen and Gilbert L. Skillman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: labor economics and the political economy of labor -- Part I: Labor supply and demand: Labor supply -- Labor demand -- Perfectly competitive labor markets -- Imperfectly competitive labor markets -- Part II: The labor exchange: The structure of labor exchange -- Strategic labor exchange -- Bargaining in labor exchange -- Imperfect contracting in labor exchange -- Part III: The employment relationship: The nature of the employment relationship -- Employee compensation and incentive provision -- Employment continuity and internal labor markets -- Employee representation in the workplace -- Part IV: Labor market divisions: Wages and working conditions -- Education and ability -- Employee characteristics and discrimination -- Employer characteristics and market segmentation -- Part V: labor in the market system: -- Earnings inequality -- Unemployment -- Labor market dynamics.