Economics 341 - Labor Economics
Spring
2019
01
3.00
Sana Khalil
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
13340
Machmer Hall room W-21
sanakhalil@umass.edu
Choice-theoretic model of labor-leisure choice. Returns to education and occupational choice. Demand for labor. Minimum wages. Changing income distribution. Effect of household structure and tax system on income structure. Labor market discrimination. Compensating wage differentials. Unions.
ECON 203 or RES-ECON 202 Open only to ECON/ STPEC/ RESEC primary majors until after juniors enroll, then open to all on November 10.