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 economic impact of unions -- Government and the labor market: employment, expenditures, and taxation ; 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

1. Labor economics