Economics | Applied Labor Economics (3 cr.)
E545 | --


P: E321 or E470 or equivalents. Discussion of wage rates and working  conditions, searches by workers or firms, investment in training, quits  and layoffs, shirking, discrimination, the division of household labor,  retirement, and implicit contracts. The course also examines the impact  of institutions such as unions and the government on the efficiency of  the labor market.