Labor Demand by Daniel S Hamermesh
This study reviews both the static and dynamic theories of labour demand, and provides summaries of available empirical research. It establishes a framework for analyzing the impact of policies such as payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, minimum wages and others.
"Do we need a book concentrating solely on the demand side of the labor market? There are.. strong reasons why the answer is yes.... Hamermesh is to be congratulated for providing a text that will stimulate a greater interest in the study of labor demand."---Robert A. Hart, Journal of Political Economy
"In addition to discussing the relevant theoretical aspects in the field, Hamermesh spares no effort in providing tabular surveys of the vast empirical literature. Confronting theoretical models with empirical 'facts' of how a firm's labor demand responses to exogenous shocks provides ... 'a dose of reality to the more fanciful flights of macroeconomic theory.'... The book is ... essential reading."---Christoph R. Weiss, Kyklos
"In addition to discussing the relevant theoretical aspects in the field, Hamermesh spares no effort in providing tabular surveys of the vast empirical literature. Confronting theoretical models with empirical 'facts' of how a firm's labor demand responses to exogenous shocks provides ... 'a dose of reality to the more fanciful flights of macroeconomic theory.'... The book is ... essential reading."---Christoph R. Weiss, Kyklos
Daniel S. Hamermesh is Edward Everett Hale Centennial Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the coauthor of The Economics of Work and Pay, and he is a major contributor to the Handbook of Labor Economics.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691042541 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691042543 |
| Title | Labor Demand |
| Author | Daniel S Hamermesh |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1993-03-14 |
| Number of pages | 468 |
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