ABSTRACT
Labour economics is now a well-established, distinct area of specialisation within the discipline of economics. The purpose of this book is to provide students encountering labour economics for the first time, yet possessing a knowledge of intermediate undergraduate economics, with a grounding in the specialism. This should enable the student to participate in the discussion of labour market issues from a more informed perspective and will provide them with the confidence to tackle ‘state of the art’ journal articles and research papers in the area. It covers the significant topic areas of labour economics with a combination of pure theory, economic statistics, summaries of important empirical studies and discussions of labour market issues and policies.
