Economics 250B: Graduate Labor Economics II
This course studies the "wage structure": who earns
what and why? Theoretical models covered include compensating
differentials, human capital investment models, signalling and
screening models, and search and matching models. Empirical applications
include health and safety regulation, the returns to education
and training, and the economic assimilation of immigrants. Meetings
consist of a combination of lectures and student presentations.
Almost all the readings are available in major journals. Journals
are available on a non-circulating basis in the Davidson Library.
Many are also available on-line at JSTOR
(accessible from UC campuses and other subscribing locations),
or in NBER working papers.
Contact me if you have
trouble finding any particular readings.
In January 2001, we added a three-week module
on the economics of trade unions. Click here
for an outline.