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ECON 490 - Labor Economics


Prerequisites: ECON 111  
Fulfills a course requirement in the economics core concentration
Is expanding unemployment benefits a good idea? Why are CEOs paid so much? Could higher income tax rates actually decrease government revenue? This course uses theory and evidence from economics to answer such questions. Topics to be covered include: labor supply and demand, taxes and transfers, minimum wages, immigration, human capital, education production, income inequality, wage discrimination, unions and strikes, and unemployment.

3 credits
Spring



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