14.662 Labor Economics II, Spring 2005
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Author(s)
Autor, David H.
Piore, Michael J.
Alternative Title
Labor Economics II
Date Issued
June 2005
Abstract
The development and evolution of labor market structures and institutions. Particular focus on competing explanations of recent developments in the distribution of wage and salary income and in key institutions and organizational structures. Special attention to theories of worker motivation and behavior, the determination of wages, technology, and social stratification. From the course home page: Course Description This class focuses on labor institutions, the transformation of those institutions in the last three decades, and the possible relationship between that transformation and the shifting distribution of wage and salary income. The emphasis is on the United States and other advanced industrial countries, with some discussion of the relevance of the theory and analysis to developing economies.
Subjects
Economics
labor
institutions
unions
worker motivation
technology
social capital
networks
identity
careers
transformation
distribution
wage
salary
income
United States
advanced industrial countries
theory
analysis
developing economies
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
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