Labor Economics, fall 2013

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Syllabus

Test 1     Test 2     Test 3

Homework assignments…

Reflection 1, due Saturday, 9/7 by e-mail: What do you hope to get out of the course? What questions in labor economics do you find interesting?

Problem set 1, due Thursday, 9/19: Labor supply. click here for the pdf

Reflection 2, due Tuesday, 9/24: Browse through the entire textbook and brainstorm lit review ideas.

Problem set 2, due Tuesday, 10/1: Labor demand. click here for the pdf

Problem set 3 & reflection 3, due Tuesday, 10/22: Monopoly and monopsony. click here for the pdf

Reflection 4, due Tuesday, 10/29: Family and life cycle. click here for the pdf             

Problem set 4, due Tuesday, 11/5: Household production; life cycle. click here for the pdf

Problem set 5, due Tuesday, 11/12: Compensating wage differentials. click here for the pdf

Reflection 5, due Tuesday, 11/26: Human capital; immigration. click here for the pdf

Reflection 6, due Tuesday, 12/3: Compensation schemes; race and gender. click here for the pdf

Review questions for final