Course ID: | ECON 8420. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Labor Economics II |
Course Description: | Labor economics, with special emphasis on current theoretical and empirical issues. The demand for and supply of labor, compensating wage differentials, the structure of compensation, worker displacement, unemployment, and the distribution of labor-market income. |
Oasis Title: | LABOR ECON II |
Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course will teach students how to apply basic economic principles to analyze
cutting-edge empirical and theoretical research in labor economics, human capital and
education. Students will both write a paper where they apply what they have learned
and will take an exam. |
Topical Outline: | Human Capital
Signaling
Education
Trends in Racial and Gender Earnings Inequality
Effects of Government Intervention in the Labor Market
Taxes
Minimum Wage
Unemployment Compensation
AFDC
Social Security |