I Introduction -- Reflections on the State of the Art in Labor Economics -- II Essays -- 1 The Methodology and Practice of Modern Labor Economics: A Critique -- 2 Discrimination Against Women: Theory and Evidence -- 3 Theoretical Explanations of the Persistence of Racial Unemployment...

This book contains a set of edited, critical essays that identify the central problems confronting scholars and policy makers concerned with the labor market. Special emphasis is given to the tension between completing approaches to the study of labor markets -- from neoclassical applied...