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Labor Economics and Public Policy

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States14.64
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2009English
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This course is an introduction to labor economics with an emphasis on applied microeconomic theory and empirical analysis. We are especially interested in the link between research and public policy. Topics to be covered include: labor supply and demand, taxes and transfers, minimum wages, immigration, human capital, education production, inequality, discrimination, unions and strikes, and unemployment.

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