1. Front matter, "The Measurement of Labor Cost": Jack E. Triplett (p. -14 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Introduction: An Essay on Labor Cost: Jack E. Triplett (p. 1 - 60) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. I Overview: Concepts, Methodology, and Data: (p. 61 - 62) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. The Fixed Employment Costs of Specialized Labor: Walter Y . Oi (p. 63 - 122) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. Structural Estimation in Implicit Markets: James N. Brown (p. 123 - 152) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Analysis of Labor Cost: Data Concepts and Sources: Joseph R. Antos (p. 153 - 182) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. II Measures of Aggregate Labor Cost in the United States: (p. 183 - 184) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Sectoral Measures of Labor Cost for the United States, 1948-1978: Frank M. Gollop and Dale W. Jorgenson (p. 185 - 236) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. The Size Distribution of Wage and Nonwage Compensation: Employer Cost versus Employee Value: Timothy M. Smeeding (p. 237 - 286) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. New Measures of Labor Cost: Implications for Demand Elasticities and Nominal Wage Growth: Daniel S. Hamermesh (p. 287 - 308) (bibliographic info) (download)

11. Intermetropolitan Wage Differentials in the United States: George E. Johnson (p. 309 - 332) (bibliographic info) (download)

12. Imputing Income in the CPS: Comments on “Measures of Aggregate Labor Cost in the United States”: Donald B. Rubin (p. 333 - 344) (bibliographic info) (download)

13. III Pensions and Benefits as Labor Cost Components: (p. 345 - 346) (bibliographic info) (download)

14. Estimating Wage-Fringe Trade-Offs: Some Data Problems: Robert S. Smith and Ronald G. Ehrenberg (p. 347 - 370) (bibliographic info) (download)

15. Fringe Benefits in Employee Compensation: Arleen Leibowitz (p. 371 - 394) (bibliographic info) (download)

16. The Effect of Pension Plans on the Pattern of Life Cycle Compensation: Richard V. Burkhauser and Joseph F. Quinn (p. 395 - 420) (bibliographic info) (download)

17. IV Labor Cost Measures and Economic Policy Analysis: (p. 421 - 422) (bibliographic info) (download)

18. Measuring Labor Compensation in Controls Programs : J . Stuart McMenamin and R. Robert Russell (p. 423 - 448) (bibliographic info) (download)

19. Wage Measurement Questions Raised by an Incomes Policy: Donald A. Nichols (p. 449 - 462) (bibliographic info) (download)

20. V Data Appendixes: (p. 463 - 464) (bibliographic info) (download)

21. Appendix A Current and Historical Availability of BLS Wage,Price, and Productivity Series by SIC Industries : Joseph R. Antos (p. 465 - 502) (bibliographic info) (download)

22. Appendix B Sectoral Labor Input: Frank M. Gollop and Dale W. Jorgenson (p. 503 - 520) (bibliographic info) (download)

23. Appendix C Labor Cost Series, Manufacturing and Private Business, 1953-1980: Daniel S. Hamermesh (p. 521 - 528) (bibliographic info) (download)

24. Contributors: (p. 529 - 530) (bibliographic info) (download)

25. Author Index: (p. 531 - 534) (bibliographic info) (download)

26. Subject Index: (p. 535 - 539) (bibliographic info) (download)