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Research in Labor Economics: 35th Anniversary Retrospective

By: Polachek, Solomon W. (ed.) | Tatsiramos, Konstantinos (ed.).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Research in Labor Economics (Volulme 35). Publisher: Bingley, Emerald Group Publishing, 2012Description: 842 pages.ISBN: 978.1.78100-218-9.Subject(s): labor market researchOnline resources: Table of contents Summary: Since its inception RLE has published over 350 articles encompassing a wide range of themes and spanning an array of labor economics topics. Authors have ranged from young scholars with much potential to mature leaders in the field, including Nobel Prize and John Bates Clark award winners. Over the years RLE has continued to present important new research in labor economics. It covers themes such as labor supply, work effort, schooling, on-the-job training, earnings distribution, discrimination, migration, and the effects of government policies on worker well-being. It aims to apply economic theory and econometrics to analyze important policy-related questions, often with an international focus. To commemorate RLE’s 35th anniversary, this retrospective edition contains 20 of the most influential RLE articles along with new introductory prefatory updates written by the original authors. These new prefaces emphasize recent developments that each article might have inspired and also discuss remaining unanswered questions.
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Since its inception RLE has published over 350 articles encompassing a wide range of themes and spanning an array of labor economics topics. Authors have ranged from young scholars with much potential to mature leaders in the field, including Nobel Prize and John Bates Clark award winners.

Over the years RLE has continued to present important new research in labor economics. It covers themes such as labor supply, work effort, schooling, on-the-job training, earnings distribution, discrimination, migration, and the effects of government policies on worker well-being. It aims to apply economic theory and econometrics to analyze important policy-related questions, often with an international focus.

To commemorate RLE’s 35th anniversary, this retrospective edition contains 20 of the most
influential RLE articles along with new introductory prefatory updates written by the original authors. These new prefaces emphasize recent developments that each article might have inspired and also discuss remaining unanswered questions.

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