Labor and Employment Law and Economics

Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, Seth D. Harris, Orly Lobel (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

768 Seiten

2009
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84720-729-6 (ISBN)

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The economic analysis of labor and employment law is a bold effort to apply economic theory to explain important empirical facts about the regulation of the employment relationship and to provide positive predictions and normative analyses that are useful to policy-makers. This book draws together 24 chapters, by leading scholars in the field, summarizing the important theoretical and empirical work that has been done to date on a wide spectrum of labor and employment law topics including: regulating employment contracts, unions, collective bargaining, minimum wages, health insurance, executive pay, workers' compensation, unemployment, occupational health and safety, discrimination, needs of families, training and slave labor, to name but a few.This volume is one of the first in a series on specific topics within law and economics which builds upon, updates and replaces Elgar's very popular Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. It is designed as an essential starting point for academics and policy-makers who are interested in these topics.

Edited by Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, Willard and Margaret Carr Professor of Labor and Employment Law and Co-Director, Center for Law, Society and Culture, Indiana University – Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, US, Seth D. Harris, Professor of Law and Director, Labor and Employment Law Program, New York Law School, US and Orly Lobel, Professor of Law, School of Law, University of San Diego, US

Contents:

Introduction

PART I: THE ECONOMICS OF REGULATING THE LABOR MARKET
1. Labor Law and Employment Regulation: Neoclassical and Institutional Perspectives
Bruce E. Kaufman

PART II: GOVERNANCE AND SELF-GOVERNANCE OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS
2. Employment Contracts
Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe

3. Regulating Unions and Collective Bargaining
Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt and Arthur R. Traynor

PART III: EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THEIR REGULATION
4. Investments in Adult Lifelong Learning
Lisa M. Lynch

5. Minimum Wage Legislation
Simon Deakin and Frank Wilkinson

6. Health Insurance
David A. Hyman

7. International Executive Pay: Current Practices and Future Trends
Randall S. Thomas

8. Workers’ Compensation
John F. Burton, Jr.

9. Occupational Safety and Health Regulation
Sidney A. Shapiro

10. Employment Discrimination
Stewart J. Schwab

11. Accommodating Families
Joyce P. Jacobsen

12. Workplace Disability
Seth D. Harris and Michael Ashley Stein

13. Adjudication of Workplace Disputes
Douglas M. Mahony and Hoyt N. Wheeler

PART IV: REGULATING EMPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS
14. The Economics of Child Labour
Alessandro Cigno

15. The Economics of Slavery, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking
Patrick Belser

PART V: GOVERNING TERMINATION AND POST-EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS
16. Discharge
J.H. Verkerke

17. Unemployment
Stephen A. Woodbury

18. Intellectual Property and Restrictive Covenants
Orly Lobel

19. Pensions and Retirement
Jonathan Barry Forman

PART VI: GOVERNING GLOBAL LABOR MARKETS
20. Migration and Labor Markets: A Brief Survey
Jagdeep S. Bhandari

21. Employee Collective Action in a Global Economy
Jeffrey M. Hirsch

22. National Regulation in a Global Economy: New Governance Approaches to 21st Century Work Law
Orly Lobel

23. International Labor Standards and International Trade: An Economic Overview
Richard N. Block and Jonas Zoninsein

PART VII: THE FUTURE OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW
24. A Labor Law for the Digital Era: The Future of Labor and Employment Law in the United States
Katherine V.W. Stone

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.2009
Reihe/Serie	Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Second Edition
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Arbeitsrecht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
ISBN-10	1-84720-729-4 / 1847207294
ISBN-13	978-1-84720-729-6 / 9781847207296
Zustand	Neuware