What new tools and models are enriching labor economics? "Developments in Research Methods and their Application" (volume 4A) summarizes recent advances in the ways economists study wages, employment, and labor markets. Mixing conceptual models and empirical work, contributors cover subjects as...

v. 3C. Labor markets and economic growth / Robert Topel ; Microeconomic perspectives on aggregate labor markets / Giuseppe Bertola ; Labor market institutions and economic performance / Stephen Nickell and Richard Layard ; The causes and consequences of longterm unemployment in Europe / Stephen...

v. 3B. Minimum wages, employment, and the distribution of income / Charles Brown ; Firm size and wages / Walter Y. Oi and Todd L. Idson ; The labor market implications of international trade / George Johnson and Frank Stafford ; Individual employment contracts / James M. Malcomson ; Careers in...

Modern labor economics has continued to grow and develop since the first volumes of this Handbook were published. The subject matter of labor economics continues to have at its core an attempt to systematically find empirical analyses that are consistent with a systematic and parsimonious...

What factors affect the ways individuals participate in labor markets? "New Developments and Research on Labor Markets" (volume 4B) proposes answers to this and other questions on important topics of public policy. Leading labor economists demonstrate how better data and advanced experiments...