Economics 641: Seminar in Labor Economics

Curriculum 

Each section will have a theory part, an econometrics part, and an empirical part.

• Introduction

• Static Labor Supply

• Dynamic Labor Supply

• Family Household Behavior

• Search and Matching

• Marriage and Child Bearing

• Human Capital

• Using Data

Other Papers

• Estimating the Effects of Private School Vouchers in Multi-District Economies, by Maria Ferreyra

• Matching as an Econometric Evaluation Estimator: Evidence from Evaluating a Job Training Program, by James Heckman, Hidehiko Ichimura, and Petra Todd

• Estimating Labor Supply Responses Using Tax Reforms, by Richard Blundell, Alan Duncan, and Costas Meghir

Prerequisites

It will be assumed that students are comfortable with the material covered in Econ 701, Econ 702, Econ 771, and Econ 772.

Course Work and Grading

• • 60% Final

  • 15% Midterm

  • 25% Homework

  • I am willing to negotiate with individual students concerning replacing a high quality paper for a final exam.

Papers on JSTOR (zipped pdf files)

• First group

• Second group

• Third group

Past midterms

• Midterm 1

• Midterm 2

• Midterm 3

• Midterm 4

• Midterm 5

• Midterm 6

• Midterm 7

• Midterm 8

• Midterm 9

• Midterm 10

Past finals

• Final 1

• Final 2

• Final 3

• Final 4

• Final 5