|
|
Article: Labor Markets in a Global Economy: An Introduction.
- Article from:
- Human Resource Planning
- Article date:
- June 1, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Human Resource Planning Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Reviewed By: John D. Mittelstaedt, University of Wyoming
Unfortunately, from the perspective of non-economists, advances in labor economics all too often appear to reflect changes in the way economists look at the world, rather than changes in the world itself. As a consequence the insights that might have been gained from economists are lost in the explanation of their tools, technologies, and models. The strength of Ingrid Rima's new book, Labor Markets in a Global Economy: An Introduction, is that it makes labor economics accessible. It uses the tools of economics to explain the world of work, rather than using the world of work to justify an economic model. As the ...