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Labour Market Economics provides a mixture of theory and practice with a unique emphasis on Canadian policy issues. Written by four of the leading researchers in Canada in the area of labour economics and industrial organization - Dwayne Benjamin, Morley Gunderson, Thomas Lemieux, and Craig Riddell - the Eighth Edition has been refreshed to include updated content coverage, data, tables, and figures, and enhanced to support instructors teaching efforts with the addition of a Test Bank.
After two decades of rapid technological and structural change and an overall record of poor economic performance, Canadians need to take stock of the ongoing transformation of the labour market and its implications for public policy. The fundamental changes to the nature of work itself suggest that labour and social policies established decades ago may no longer be adequate or appropriate. Moreover, the continuing perception of increased instability and worsening employment outcomes, and the growing concern over increased earnings inequality and labour market polarisation, have raised serious questions about the role of government not only in addressing the consequences of economic adjustment but also in facilitating or, worse, hampering this process. In Adapting Public Policy to a Labour Market in Transition leading labour market specialists examine specific areas of public policy that have generated considerable attention and debate in recent years. They provide new evidence on issues of utmost concern to the well-being of Canadians and a solid assessment of the challenges and avenues for policy reform.
Essays on the labour market and labour policy in Canada - covers employment, unemployment, youth unemployment, labour force participation and labour supply trends (esp. Of woman workers), reduced hours of work and short time working; examines policies for unemployment benefit, minimum wages, work sharing, equal pay for work of comparable worth, equal opportunity, sex discrimination and affirmative action. References, statistical tables.
Essays on labour market adjustment to structural change and technological change in Canada - examines the role of education and training in view of changing skill requirements; considers the effects on employment and wages; comments on the role of labour legislation, trade unions and collective bargaining in dealing with layoffs, redundancy and plant shutdown. References, statistical tables.