Economics 341 - Labor Economics
Fall
2026
01
3.00
Ina Ganguli
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
20011
Machmer Hall room W-25
iganguli@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.
Open to students whose primary major is ECON, ENRE (previously Resource Economics), STPEC, or MGRECON. ECON 203 or RES-ECON 202 Open only to Primary majors in ECON/STPEC/ENRE/MGRECON until April 21, then open to all majors.