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14.64 Labor Economics and Public Policy | Economics

This course is an introduction to labor economics with an emphasis on applied microeconomic theory and empirical analysis. We are especially interested in the link between research and public policy. Topics to be covered include: labor supply and demand, taxes and transfers, minimum wages, immigration, human capital, education production, inequality, discrimination, unions and strikes, and unemployment.

Keywords:: labor Economics, immigration, Public Policy, human capital, economics of the family, unemployment and unemployment insurance, Labor Economics, public policy, unions and strikes, labor supply and demand, taxes and transfers, bargaining, Microeconomics, Econometrics, empirical analysis, monpsony, training, minimum wages, education, income distribution, decision to work, home production, discrimination, incentives, applied microeconomics

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Business / Economics

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Author:: Angrist, Joshua
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling
Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
Technical Format:: Website

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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