Labor economics: introduction and overview -- The theory of individual labor supply -- Population, participation rates, and hours of work -- Labor quality: investing in human capital -- The demand for labor -- Wage determination and the allocation of labor -- Alternative pay schemes and labor efficiency -- The wage structure -- Mobility, migration, and efficiency -- Labor unions and collective bargaining -- The economics impact of unions -- Government and the labor market : employment, expenditures, and taxation -- Government and the labor market : legislation and regulation -- Labor market discrimination -- Job search: external and internal -- The distribution of personal earnings -- Labor productivity : wages, prices, and employment -- Employment and unemployment -- Information sources in labor economics -- Glossary -- Answers to "your turn" questions -- Name index -- Subject index -- Data tables.