ECON-490 Topics in Labor Economics

Topics will include: defining labor markets; labor market participation and intensity; the impact of technological change on labor demand; impacts of minimum wages; returns to all investments in education and on the job training; immigration and labor turnover; effects of gender, race and ethnicity in labor markets; economic effects of labor unions; the increase in inequality and changes in labor markets; the effects of employee participation and employee ownership on enterprise performance and outcomes for employees

Maximum Enrollment

Standard Course (40)

Credits

1

Prerequisite

(Econ 265 or 266) and Econ 275

Offered

Fall