Modern Labor Economics, 14th Edition

Praise for the thirteenth edition:

“Modern Labor Economics incorporates current policy issues while maintaining a strong focus on economic theory. The summaries of seminal academic works are indisputably important for bolstering student knowledge, and the inclusion of real-world applications makes the research far more comprehensible to a broader audience.”

Tongzhe Li, University of Delaware, USA

“A classic in the field of labor economics. Indeed, as the title implies, Ehrenberg and Smith literally put the modern in labor economics as taught to undergraduates. Since first published in 1982, many competing textbooks in labor have come and gone. Ehrenberg and Smith, with impeccable writing, comprehensive coverage of the relevant topics, and intuitive application of economic analysis to the critical public policy problems of the day, has stood both the market test and the test of time.”

Kevin J. Murphy, Oakland University, Rochester Michigan, USA

Ronald G. Ehrenberg is the Irving M. Ives professor of industrial and labor relations and economics at Cornell University. He has been honored for his teaching by receiving Cornell’s highest university-wide award: the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowship “for effective, inspiring, and distinguished teaching of undergraduate students and for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education.”

Robert S. Smith is Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He has been honored for his teaching by receiving Cornell’s highest university-wide award: the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowship “for effective, inspiring, and distinguished teaching of undergraduate students and for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education.”

Kevin F. Hallock is President and Professor of Economics at the University of Richmond. He previously served as Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Dean of School of Industrial and Labor relations, the Joseph R. Rich ’80 professor of economics and human resource studies, and Director of the Institute for Compensation Studies at Cornell University.