14.64 Labor Economics and Public Policy, Spring 2006
Theory and evidence concerning the functioning of the labor market. Particular emphasis on the roles played by government and institutions. Topics include minimum wages, labor market effects of social insurance and welfare programs, the collective bargaining relationship, discrimination, human capit...
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| author | Angrist, Joshua David |
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| description | Theory and evidence concerning the functioning of the labor market. Particular emphasis on the roles played by government and institutions. Topics include minimum wages, labor market effects of social insurance and welfare programs, the collective bargaining relationship, discrimination, human capital, and unemployment. From the course home page: Course Description The course is an introduction to the field of Labor Economics, with an eye to helping students think critically about research and public policy. The emphasis is on applied microeconomics and empirical analysis. Topics to be covered include: labor supply and demand, taxes and transfers, human capital, minimum wages, income distribution, unions and strikes, immigration, incentives, discrimination, unemployment and unemployment insurance. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/528202025-02-26T17:33:06Z 14.64 Labor Economics and Public Policy, Spring 2006 Labor Economics and Public Policy Angrist, Joshua David Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Labor Economics public policy applied microeconomics empirical analysis labor supply and demand taxes and transfers human capital minimum wages income distribution unions and strikes immigration incentives discrimination unemployment and unemployment insurance Theory and evidence concerning the functioning of the labor market. Particular emphasis on the roles played by government and institutions. Topics include minimum wages, labor market effects of social insurance and welfare programs, the collective bargaining relationship, discrimination, human capital, and unemployment. From the course home page: Course Description The course is an introduction to the field of Labor Economics, with an eye to helping students think critically about research and public policy. The emphasis is on applied microeconomics and empirical analysis. Topics to be covered include: labor supply and demand, taxes and transfers, human capital, minimum wages, income distribution, unions and strikes, immigration, incentives, discrimination, unemployment and unemployment insurance. 2006-06 Learning Object 14.64-Spring2006 local: 14.64 local: IMSCP-MD5-aedba979735c13e4a52885da06198eff http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52820 en-US Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license"). The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. text/html Spring 2006 |
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| title | 14.64 Labor Economics and Public Policy, Spring 2006 |
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| topic | Labor Economics public policy applied microeconomics empirical analysis labor supply and demand taxes and transfers human capital minimum wages income distribution unions and strikes immigration incentives discrimination unemployment and unemployment insurance |
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