ABSTRACT

First Published in 1988. More than ever before, the economics profession is divided among three competing schools of thought. Especially in labor economics, neoclassical, institutional, and radical perspectives contend, each approaching its analysis of issues from different world views and separate sets of assumptions. This book presents four issues in labor economics, income distribution, racial discrimination, comparable worth and the international division of labor.

part 1|18 pages

Three Worlds of Labor Economics

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

part I|74 pages

Income Distribution Papers

chapter 2|30 pages

Earnings determination

A Survey of the Neoclassical Approach

chapter I|10 pages

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part II|88 pages

Racial Wage Gap Papers

chapter 5|22 pages

Racial Discrimination

A Human Capital Perspective

chapter 6|27 pages

Race and Human Capital

An Institutionalist Response

chapter 7|25 pages

Postwar Racial Income Differences

Trends and Theories

chapter II|12 pages

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part IV|109 pages

International Division of Labor Papers

chapter 12|35 pages

The International Division of Labor

chapter 13|40 pages

Global Transformation or Decay?

Alternative Perspectives on Recent Changes in the World Economy

chapter IV|7 pages

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