Research handbook on the economics of labor and employment law / edited by Michael L. Wachter, Cynthia L. Estlund.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wachter, Michael L.

Estlund, Cynthia.

Series:

Research Handbooks in Law and Economics Series

Research handbooks in law and economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation.

Employee rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (520 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This Research Handbook assembles the original work of leading legal and economic scholars, working in a variety of traditions and methodologies, on the economic analysis of labor and employment law. In addition to surveying the current state of the art on the economics of labor markets and employment relations, the volume's 17 chapters assess aspects of traditional labor law and union organizing, the law governing the employment contract and termination of employment, employment discrimination and other employer mandates, restrictions on employee mobility, and the forum and remedies for labor

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; PART I FOUNDATIONS; 1. Introduction: the economics of labor and employment law; 2. Neoclassical labor economics: its implications for labor and employment law; 3. Economic analysis of labor markets and labor law: an institutional/industrial relations perspective; PART II UNIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING; 4. Unions, dynamism, and economic performance; 5. Union organizing and the architecture of employee choice; 6. The deserved demise of EFCA (and why the NLRA should share its fate)

7. Evaluating the effectiveness of National Labor Relations Act remedies: analysis and comparison with other workplace penalty policies8. The union as broker of employment rights; PART III EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND EMPLOYER MANDATES; 9. Bias and the law of the workplace; 10. From just cause to just notice in reforming employment termination law; 11. The law and economics of employment protection legislation; 12. Intellectual property justifications for restricting employee mobility: a critical appraisal in light of the economic evidence

13. Antidiscrimination in employment: the simple, the complex, and the paradoxical14. The forum for adjudication of employment disputes; PART IV CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES; 15. The striking success of the National Labor Relations Act; 16. Why workers still need a collective voice in the era of norms and mandates; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-93905-3

1-78100-611-3

OCLC:

823720367