Class hours: Tue, Thu 9:30pm - 10:45pm, Birge B302
Office hours: Tue, Thu 1:00- 2:30pm.

Syllabus

Course Overview: The purpose of the course is to develop an understanding of the labor market's role in allocating human resources and determining earned income. The effects of labor market performance on household income and welfare are also emphasized. Topics include the determinants of labor supply and demand, wage and employment determination, the distribution of labor income, occupational and educational choice, mobility, wage differentials and dispersion, and unemployment. The effects of labor market policies on each of these are also studied.

Course Website: Registered course participants can access course materials through Learn@UW.

Textbook: Ehrenberg, Ronald G., and Robert Stewart Smith, Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy, 9th Edition, Addison-Wesley 2006.