14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2010
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Author(s)
Angrist, Joshua
Walters, Christopher
Alternative Title
Labor Economics I
Date Issued
December 2010
Abstract
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with traditional topics in labor economics and to encourage the development of independent research interests. We will cover a systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and institutions in the labor market. There will be particular emphasis on the interaction between theoretical and empirical modeling.
Subjects
labor economics
public policy
immigration
human capital
econometrics
minimum wage
public education
job training
labor
unions
neoclassical model
life-cycle
insurance
unemployment
signaling
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
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