Content: Labor supply; labor demand; determinants of wage levels and wage structure; employment and unemployment; non-wage aspects of employment; aspects of human capital theory, labor market institutions.
Objectives: To expose undergraduate students to the modern theory of labor economics, including alternative views on the labor market; to show the importance of empirical research in labor economics; and to develop in students an appreciation of the usefulness of theory and empirical work to public policy. A secondary objective is to get students to start thinking about topics for their Econ 199 paper.
- Teacher: Emmanuel Esguerra