Labor Economics

This class covers theoretical and empirical analyses of wage and employment determination in the U.S. labor market and examines the impact of labor market institutions and government policy on worker outcomes. Topics include labor supply, labor demand, labor market equilibrium, minimum wages, monopsony power, labor exploitation, human capital, wage inequality, and labor market discrimination. Special attention is paid to issues that arise when attempting to draw credible inferences from non-experimental data and to the types of research designs that can address these issues.