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The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy
Shafir, Eldar (contributor) - Princeton University Press
finance, labor contracts, philanthropy, and the analysis of savings and poverty, to eyewitness identification and sentencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607445
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From Neighborhoods to Nations: The Economics of Social Interactions
Ioannides, Yannis M. - Princeton University Press
Just as we learn from, influence, and are influenced by others, our social interactions drive economic growth in cities, regions, and nations--determining where households live, how children learn, and what cities and firms produce. From Neighborhoods to Nations synthesizes the recent economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681127
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Preface
Ioannides, Yannis M. - Princeton University Press
Just as we learn from, influence, and are influenced by others, our social interactions drive economic growth in cities, regions, and nations--determining where households live, how children learn, and what cities and firms produce. From Neighborhoods to Nations synthesizes the recent economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681703
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Introduction
Shafir, Eldar - Princeton University Press
finance, labor contracts, philanthropy, and the analysis of savings and poverty, to eyewitness identification and sentencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681707
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Decision Theory and Human Behavior
Gintis, Herbert - Princeton University Press
Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences—from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097649
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The Bounds of Reason: Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences
Gintis, Herbert - Princeton University Press
Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences—from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097660
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The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration
Ruhs, Martin - Princeton University Press
Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration … rights for migrant workers. The Price of Rights shows why you cannot always have both. Examining labor immigration policies … liberalization of international labor migration through temporary migration programs that protect a universal set of core rights and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681109
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The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets: Second Edition
Boeri, Tito; Ours, Jan van - Princeton University Press
Most labor economics textbooks pay little attention to actual labor markets, taking as reference a perfectly … competitive market in which losing a job is not a big deal. The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets is the only textbook to focus … on imperfect labor markets and to provide a systematic framework for analyzing how labor market institutions operate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681125
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Institutional Transformation and Uncertainty
Ruef, Martin - Princeton University Press
qualitative and quantitative data, including several thousand interviews with former slaves, letters, labor contracts, memoirs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011093929
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Between Slavery and Capitalism: The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South
Ruef, Martin - Princeton University Press
qualitative and quantitative data, including several thousand interviews with former slaves, letters, labor contracts, memoirs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011093941