这是一本英文影印版教材，原著是当代劳动经济学的代表作之一。全书不仅系统而准确地阐述了劳动经济学的基本范畴、基本原理和基本方法，而且及时反映了当代劳动经济学领域出现的新问题和新政策。 
本书的写作框架简洁清晰，逻辑性强。作者在开篇就绘制了全书的结构图，将劳动经济学内容分为微观和宏观两个部分，方便读者对全书体系有一个清晰的了解，并把握各章之间的内在联系。此外，全书各章均配有开放式讨论题和网络练习，帮助读者更好地理解和应用各章内容，同时获取最新资料。章后还提供了可以扩展和加深读者理解的信息来源以及对相关问题的讨论。 
本书适合用作高校本科生、研究生双语教学教材，也适合研究者、在职人员阅读参考。

坎贝尔麦康奈尔（Campbell R. McConnell） 在美国艾奥瓦大学取得博士学位，此前就读于康奈尔大学和伊利诺伊大学并取得相应学位。从1953年起直至1990年退休在林肯内布拉斯加大学任教。曾荣获内布拉斯加大学杰出教学奖和詹姆斯莱克学术自由奖，并担任美国中西部经济学协会主席。主要研究领域为劳动经济学和经济教育。 

Chapter 1 Labor Economics: Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2 The Theory of Individual Labor Supply
Chapter 3 Population, Participation Rates, and Hours of Work
Chapter 4 Labor Quality: Investing in Human Capital
Chapter 5 The Demand for Labor
Chapter 6 Wage Determination and the Allocation of Labor
Chapter 7 Alternative Pay Schemes and Labor Efficiency
Chapter 8 The Wage Structure
Chapter 9 Mobility, Migration, and Efficiency
Chapter 10 Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining
Chapter 11 The Economic Impact of Unions
Chapter 12 Government and the Labor Market: Employment, Expenditures, and Taxation
Chapter 13 Government and the Labor Market: Legislation and Regulation
Chapter 14 Labor Market Discrimination
Chapter 15 Job Search: External and Internal Chapter 1 Labor Economics: Introduction and Overview 
Chapter 2 The Theory of Individual Labor Supply 
Chapter 3 Population, Participation Rates, and Hours of Work 
Chapter 4 Labor Quality: Investing in Human Capital 
Chapter 5 The Demand for Labor 
Chapter 6 Wage Determination and the Allocation of Labor 
Chapter 7 Alternative Pay Schemes and Labor Efficiency 
Chapter 8 The Wage Structure 
Chapter 9 Mobility, Migration, and Efficiency 
Chapter 10 Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining 
Chapter 11 The Economic Impact of Unions 
Chapter 12 Government and the Labor Market: Employment, Expenditures, and Taxation 
Chapter 13 Government and the Labor Market: Legislation and Regulation 
Chapter 14 Labor Market Discrimination 
Chapter 15 Job Search: External and Internal 
Chapter 16 The Distribution of Personal Earnings 
Chapter 17 Labor Productivity: Wages, Prices, and Employment 
Chapter 18 Employment and Unemployment 
Appendix Information Sources in Labor Economics 
Glossary 
Answers to “Your Turn” Questions 

One benefit of authoring a text that has met the test of the market is the opportunity to revise. Revision provides for improvement—to delete the archaic and install the novel, to rectify errors of omission or commission, to rewrite misleading or obscure statements, to introduce more relevant illustrations, to bring more recent data to bear, to upgrade organizational structure, and to enhance pedagogical aids—in short, to build on an accepted framework of ideas. We feel that those who examine this new tenth edition of Contemporary Labor Economics will agree that we have fully exploited this opportunity. Our basic purpose remains that of presenting the content of the “new” labor economics in a logical and readable fashion. While such traditional topics as labor 
law, the structure of unions, and collective bargaining have not been entirely crowded out, our focus is clearly on labor economics as an applied field of micro and macro theory. This volume is based on the assumption that labor economics is no longer an area tangential to the core of analytical conomics but rather is a critical component of that core. The level of analysis is tailored for the undergraduate student who has completed a standard sequence on macro and micro principles. The book is designed for a one-semester or one-quarter course, although appropriate supplementation 
can make it usable as the focal point of a two-semester course.