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Apr 24, 2024
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ECON 765 - Advanced Labor Economics (3 units)
Analysis of labor force concepts and measurements, labor markets and labor mobility, wage theory and collective bargaining and macroeconomic behavior of employment and earnings.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 702 ; ECON 741 .
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of some of the major topics in modern labor economics such as labor supply, migration, program evaluation.
2. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the estimation issues that are most important in micro-econometrics.
3. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of data design and econometric methods such as Difference in Difference (DD), Matching, Regression Discontinuity (RD), and Quantile Regression (QR) based methods.
4. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of how to work with large data sets and reproduce results from the published papers.
5. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of how to conduct independent research.
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