Econ 4531: Labor Economics (Fall 2008)
Lecture Time: Tue and Thu 12:45- 14:00
Lecture Room: Blegan 140
Office Hour: Tue and Thu 14:00-15:00
Group Work Projects
Sept. 11th: Email your list of group members
Topics (Slides) (Guidelines)
Sept. 18th: Email your group topic
Presentation Schedule here
Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes 2 on working hours (updated Sept. 15th)
Lecture Notes 3 on labor force participation (updated Sept 21)
Lecture Notes 4 on short run labor demand
Lecture Notes 5 on long run labor demand
Lecture Notes 6 on wage determination
Lecture Notes 7 on the theory of human capital (updated Nov 5th)
The Evidence on Credit Constraints in Post-Secondary Schooling by Carneiro and Heckman (2002)
Lecture Notes 8 on wage inequality
Lecture Notes 9 on labor unions
Homeworks
HW1-- due Sept 25th, readings for HW1 here and here
HW2-- due Oct 14th (suggested answer)
HW3-- due Dec 4th (data here, description of the data set here) (suggested answer)
Note: There is no bonus question for midterm in HW3. I will use the percentage you get in your HW3 as the percentage of your bonus points instead. For instance, if you score 100% in HW3, then you will get full credits for your bonus point, i.e. 12.
HW4-- due Dec 9th (suggested answer)
Practice Midterm