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14.64 Labor Economics and Public Policy, Spring 2006

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Angrist, Joshua David
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Labor Economics and Public Policy
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Abstract
Theory and evidence concerning the functioning of the labor market. Particular emphasis on the roles played by government and institutions. Topics include minimum wages, labor market effects of social insurance and welfare programs, the collective bargaining relationship, discrimination, human capital, and unemployment. From the course home page: Course Description The course is an introduction to the field of Labor Economics, with an eye to helping students think critically about research and public policy. The emphasis is on applied microeconomics and empirical analysis. Topics to be covered include: labor supply and demand, taxes and transfers, human capital, minimum wages, income distribution, unions and strikes, immigration, incentives, discrimination, unemployment and unemployment insurance.
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2006-06
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52820
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
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14.64-Spring2006
local: 14.64
local: IMSCP-MD5-aedba979735c13e4a52885da06198eff
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Labor Economics, public policy, applied microeconomics, empirical analysis, labor supply and demand, taxes and transfers, human capital, minimum wages, income distribution, unions and strikes, immigration, incentives, discrimination, unemployment and unemployment insurance

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