Macro- Labor Economics: Econ 4538

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Macro- Labor Economics: Econ 4538

Professor: Kyle Herkenhoff

Course Description

The purpose of Econ 4538 is to provide hard-working students with all of the tools and economic concepts necessary to understand frontier papers and debates in macro-labor economics. The course will place equal weight on both theory and real-world applications, discussing the fundamental concepts and ideas, and then applying those ideas to real-world situations. The course will cover topics including labor supply and demand, mobility, inequality, and the relevant public policies that have been enacted which touch upon these topics.

The TA for the course will review weekly material and cover relevant practice questions for the exams.

There will be a practice test before the midterm, and a practice test before the final.

Learning Outcomes

-- Develop an understanding of the foundations of modern labor economics.

-- Subject these various models to data and determine their empirical relevance.

-- Analyze modern economic issues with these models.

Course Materials Available Here.

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