The institutionalist tradition in labor economics. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Dell P. Chapman & Janet T. Knoedler.
• Authors: Champlin, Dell P
• Editors: Champlin, Dell P, 1947-; Knoedler, Janet T
• Contents: List of Tables and Figures; Introduction; 1. The Institutionalist Tradition in Labor Economics, Dell P. Champlin and Janet T. Knoedler; Part I. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives; 2. The Institutional and Neoclassical Schools in Labor Economics, Bruce E. Kaufman; 3. Labor and the Menace of Competition, Glen Atkinson; 4. John R. Commons and His Students: The View from the End of the Twentieth Century, J. Dennis Chasse; 5. Wages in the Public Interest: Insights from Thorstein Veblen and J.M. Clark, Dell P. Champlin and Janet T. Knoedler; 6. U.S. Labor Re-Examined, 1880-1930: Success, Ideology, and Reversal, Jon D. Wisman and Aaron Pacitti; Part II. Institutionalist Thought on Labor Since World War II; 7. Two Sides of the Same Coin: Institutionalist Theories of Wage Rates and Wage Differentials, Douglas Kinnear; 8. The Significance of Segmentation for Institutional Theory and Public Policy, Jerry Gray and Richard Chapman; 9. Dead Metaphors and Living Wages: On the Role of Measurement and Logic in Economic Debates, Ann Jennings; 10. How Is Labor Distinct from Broccoli? Robert E. Prasch; 11. An Institutionalist Approach to Work Time: Is Labor Truly Irksome? Robert LaJeunesse; Part III. Institutional Analysis of Current Labor Issues; 12. Wage Discrimination in Context: Enlarging the Field of View, Deborah M. Figart and Ellen Mutari; 13. Nonstandard Labor Through an Institutionalist Lens: The More Things Change, The More Things Stay the Same, Barbara A. Wiens-Tuers; 14. The Institution of Unauthorized Residency Status: Neighborhood Context and Mexican Immigrant Earnings in Los Angeles County, Enrico Marcelli; 15. Retirement: Evolving Concepts and Institutions, Janice Peterson; 16. Organizing the Service Sector: From 'Labor' to 'Stakeholder' Unionism, George DeMartino; Part IV. Social Justice; 17. Full Employment and Social Justice, L. Randall Wray and Mathew Forstater; 18. Regressive Norms, Progressive Possibilities and Labor Justice, Mayo C. Toruno; 19. Wealth and Power: Ethical Implications of Executive Compensation since the 1980s, David A. Zalewski; 20. Not Only Nike's Doing It: "Sweating" and the Contemporary Labor Market, Yngve Ramstad and Richard McIntyre; Conclusion; 21. Prospects for the Future of Institutionalist Labor Economics, Dell P. Champlin and Janet T. Knoedler; Index; About the Editors and Contributors
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 331.01; Labor economics -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317456254
• Related ISBNs: 9781317456261; 9781317456247
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