The Measurement of Labor Cost

ed. by Jack E. Triplett

Measuring costs of labor as a portion of total production costs has never before been treated so thoroughly or so thoughtfully. Moreover, contrary to most recent labor research, this book focuses on the demand side—the employer's point of view—and the behavior studied is employer behavior. An introductory essay by the editor provides a useful guide to current thought in the analysis of labor cost. Other papers give new insights into problems encountered in accounting for the nonwage elements of labor compensation, the effect of pensions and other benefits, and the wage-measurement questions raised by incomes policies. In addition, there is a wealth of valuable new data on labor costs in the United States. Labor economists, statisticians, econometric modelers, and advisers to government and industry will welcome this up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of the costs of production

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Year of publication:	[2007]
Other Persons:	Antos, Joseph R. (contributor) ; Atrostic, B. K. (contributor) ; Berndt, Ernst R. (contributor) ; Brown, Charles (contributor) ; Brown, James N. (contributor) ; Burkhauser, Richard V. (contributor) ; David, Martin (contributor) ; Ehrenberg, Ronald G. (contributor) ; Triplett, Jack E. (ed.)
Publisher:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press
Subject:	Arbeitskosten \| Labour costs \| Arbeitsproduktivität \| Labour productivity \| Messung \| Measurement
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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (547 p.)
Series:	National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth ; 48
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Frontmatter Contents Prefatory Note 1. Introduction: An Essay on Labor Cost I. Overview: Concepts, Methodology, and Data 2. The Fixed Employment Costs of Specialized Labor 3. Structural Estimation in Implicit Markets 4. Analysis of Labor Cost: Data Concepts and Sources II. Measures of Aggregate Labor Cost in the United States 5. Sectoral Measures of Labor Cost for the United States, 1948-1978 6. The Size Distribution of Wage and Nonwage Compensation: Employer Cost versus Employee Value 7. New Measures of Labor Cost: Implications for Demand Elasticities and Nominal Wage Growth 8. Intermetropolitan Wage Differentials in the United States 9. Imputing Income in the CPS: Comments on “Measures of Aggregate Labor Cost in the United States” III. Pensions and Benefits as Labor Cost Components 10. Estimating Wage-Fringe Trade-offs: Some Data Problems 11. Fringe Benefits in Employee Compensation 12. The Effect of Pension Plans on the Pattern of Life Cycle Compensation IV. Labor Cost Measures and Economic Policy Analysis 13. Measuring Labor Compensation in Controls Programs 14. Wage Measurement Questions Raised by an Incomes Policy V. Data Appendixes Appendix A. Current and Historical Availability of BLS Wage, Price, and Productivity Series by SIC Industries Appendix B. Sectoral Labor Input Appendix C. Labor Cost Series, Manufacturing and Private Business, 1953-1980 Contributors Author Index Subject Index In English
ISBN:	978-0-226-81259-5
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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