"The book collects articles published by Daniel Hamermesh between 1969 and 2013 dealing with the general topic of the 'demand for labor'. The first section presents empirical studies of basic issues in labor demand, including the extent to which different types of labor are substitutes, how...

Time-diary data from four countries suggest that differences in market time between the unemployed and employed represent additional leisure and personal maintenance rather than increased household production. U.S. data for 2003-2006 show that almost none of the reduction in market work in areas...