Human Resources in the Urban Economy

Herausgeber: Perlman, Mark

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1963, this study draws together papers from a conference dealing mainly with the under-utilisation and misallocation of human resources, as well as wage rates, migration patterns and education in urban societies and the impact they have on the American labour force. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies and Economics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781138963207
• ISBN-10: 1138963208
• Artikelnr.: 43107411

Autorenporträt

Mark Perlman

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Editor's Introduction; Part 1: A Statement of Research Scope; 1.
The Economics of Human Resources in the American Urban Setting: Some
Concepts and Problems; Part 2: The Labor Force Performance of Minority
Groups; 2. Racial Factors Influencing Entry into the Skilled Trades 3.
Female Labor Force Mobility and its Simulation 4. The White/Non-white
Unemployment Differential; Part 3: Some Economic Implications of Household
Consumption Patterns; 5. The Significance of Residential Preferences in
Urban Areas 6. Differences among Consumers Attributable to Locations; 7.
Expenditures on Vacations and Pleasure Travel in New Hampshire; Part 4:
Area Wage Differentials and Migration; 8. The Impact of Puerto Rican
Migration to the United States 9. Occupational Wage Differentials in Major
Cities During the 1950's 10. Labor Mobility and Wage Improvement 11. Level
and Structure in Wage Rates of the Metropolitanized Work Force