Economics 341 - Labor Economics
Fall
2022
01
3.00
Fidan Kurtulus
TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM
UMass Amherst
45459
Machmer Hall room W-24
fidan@econs.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/MGRECON Primary majors, then open to all on April 20.