Assignment

Discussion 1

If tax-free allowances are not increased to take account of inflation, what would tend to happen to labour supply?

ASSIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS

At least 300 words, minus references.

PRESCRIBED READINGS

Smith Stephen (2003), Labour Economics, 2nd Edition, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.

Junankar (Raja) P.N., (2016), Economics of the Labour Market: Unemployment and the costs of unemployment, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, Harcourt.

 Piros D. Christopher and Pinto E. Jerald, (2013), Economics for Investment Decision Makers: Micro, Macro and International Economics, John Wiley and Sons Inc, Hoboken, New Jersey. 

Ehrenberg R.G and Smith R.S (2012), Modern Labour Economics: Theory and Public Policy (11edition), Prentice Hall, New York.

McConnell, Brue & Macpherson, Contemporary Labour Economics, 8th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2009. (Main text)

Mishel, Bernstein & Allegretto, The State of Working America 2006/07, Cornell University Press, 10th ed., 2006. (Selections; paperback)

Paul McNulty, The Origins and Development of Labour Economics, MIT Press, 1984. (Selections; paperback)