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ECON 151 Labor Economics

ECON 151 Syllabus (Spring 2022)
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  • Week 1: Demand & Elasticity
    • Hayek's 'The Use of Knowledge in Society'
    • The Fallacy of "Intrinsic Value" (FEE)

  • Week 5: Wage Determination & Controls
    • Minimum wages were first designed to keep women and minorities out of jobs (L.A. Times) 
    • Characteristics of minimum wage workers (BLS 2020)
    • Who pays? (The Economist)

  • Week 9: Human Capital and Signaling
    • Human Capital and Signaling (MR University - YouTube)
    • Econ Duel: Is Education Signaling or Skill Building? (MR University - YouTube)
    • Human Capital (Gary Becker - EconLib)
 
  • Week 11: Unemployment and Search Theory
    • ​Wartime Prosperity? A Reassessment of the U.S. Economy in the 1940s (The Independent Institute)
    • The Great Recession (Marginal Revolution)
    • California's unemployment rate shrinks - but so do the number of jobs (LA Times)
    • How to spot a recession (The Economist)

  • Week 13: Market Barriers
    • ​Why Do So Many Need the Government's Permission to Work? (Institute for Justice - YouTube);
    • License to Work Report (2017)
    • A Family-Friendly Policy That’s Friendliest to Male Professors (NYT)

  • Week 14: Mobility and Immigration
    • ​Border follies (The Economist)
    • No, Immigrants Won’t Make Welfare State Bigger (Cato)
    • Want a global economic boom? Open the borders (Washington Post)
    • 3 Reasons Why Immigrants Are Key To Economic Growth (Forbes)​
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