Human Resource Economics and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs Jr.

✍ Scribed by Editor Charles J. Whalen

Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 322
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book pays tribute to Vernon Briggs Jr. and his enduring mark on the study of human resources. The chapters, by his students and colleagues, explore and extend Briggs's work on employment, education and training, immigration, and local labor markets. His unwavering emphasis on institutional reality, public policy, and economic dynamics animates the entire collection. Students and scholars of economics, public policy, and workforce development will find this volume of particular interest, as will a wider audience of policymakers and citizens interested in the national economic well-being.

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