Labor Economics
Course Code
ECON 24000 10
Course Description
This course is an introduction to labor economics with an emphasis on applied microeconomic theory and empirical analysis. Topics to be covered include: labor supply and demand, taxes and transfers, minimum wages, immigration, human capital, creativity over the lifecycle and unemployment. For each topic we will describe the basic economic framework used in the analysis, analyze associated cases studies and draw conclusions about what we have learned. Most of the examples will be based on U.S. labor data. A special attention will be given to randomized trials and experimental methods to infer causality.
Course Criteria
Prerequisites: ECON 10000/20000/20010
Instructor(s)
Julio Elias
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