Labor Economics and Labor Relations by Lloyd G. Reynolds
A classic exploration of how labor markets are influenced by economic forces and the legal and institutional framework as well as an analysis of their interactions.* NEW - Includes a new chapter on policies to combat labor-market discrimination. * NEW - Presents important new information covering welfare reform, minimum wage legislation, unemployment insurance, education reform, and immigration. * NEW - Includes a new chapter on the Japanese and German systems of industrial relations and the influence these have had on our own. * Also discusses in detail the decline of mass production methods and the shift towards flexible production in both services and manufacturing. * NEW - Includes a new chapter on internal labor markets, featuring a section on human resource management. * NEW - Devotes an entire half chapter to the increasing inequality in earnings. *Includes a chapter on policies to combat labour-market discrimination. *Presents important new information covering welfare reform, minimum wage legislation, unemployment insurance, education reform, and immigration. *Includes a chapter on the Japanese and German systems of industrial relations and the influence these have had on our own.