ECON 3710 - Labor Economics

Goals: To provide students a well-balanced presentation of models of labor economics, applications, policies, and major analytic areas within labor economics. This course will also address labor market issues with race and gender perspectives.

Content: Labor market analysis, labor unions and collective bargaining, government and the labor market, theories of labor market discrimination, wage differentials, poverty and income inequalities, and race and gender issues of the labor market.

Prerequisites: ECON 1100 and QMBE 1310 (or equivalent statistics course), with grades of C- or better, or consent of the instructor.

Credits: 4