… Personnel economics is a branch of labor economics, but there is a great deal of labor
economics that is not personnel economics. Studies that do not consider interactions between a …

… The need to isolate the employment decision from political influence – which underlies a
substantial amount of public sector personnel policy – suggests that the personnel economics …

… knot and identify problems in personnel selection and management, elucidate the … “personnel
economics” of the government sector—in particular, selection and recruitment of personnel…

… fixtures of personnel economics and attempt to demonstrate how the notions of maximization,
equilibrium, efficiency, and econometric modeling have enabled economists to further the …

… to analyze the design and effects of personnel policies such as recruiting, training, feedback,
and performance evaluation. Personnel economists have been doing the same for decades…

… argue that the importance of personnel economics in … economics program as to the traditional
economics curriculum. Thus, the essay concludes by suggesting that personnel economics …

… used to study personnel economics. The text is intended for an upper-division undergraduate
economics class, but may be suitable for master’s students in economics or an analytical …

… Personnel economics, the use of economics for studying human resource issues, is becoming
a standard course in business and economics … teaching of personnel economics is now …

… the philosophy of personnel economics and point out the differences between personnel …
Like other sub-®elds of economics, personnel economics differs from other social sciences …

… Second, we argue that Personnel Economists understand the broad outlines of how
incentives in organizations work. Firms provide incentives through a great variety of means, and …