| ECON 151 Syllabus (Fall 2019) |
ECON 151 Labor Economics
Handouts
Instructor's Note: I may add articles to this page over the course of the semester. I will notify users that content has changed and will also mention the update in class.
- Labor Demand and Supply - Hayek's 'The Use of Knowledge in Society'; In Defense of "Sweatshops (Ben Powell, EconLib); 5 Economic Myths That Just Won't Die [Note: The end of U.S. child labor] (FEE); Child labor in the United States (EH.net); Child labor was wiped out by markets, not government (YouTube); The Fallacy of "Intrinsic Value" (FEE)
- Wage Determination - Why did Mayweather earn so much more than McGregor? (The National); The Pursuit of Happyness [Promotion Tournament] (YouTube)
- Wage Controls - Minimum wages were first designed to keep women and minorities out of jobs (L.A. Times); Thomas Sowell on the differential impact of the minimum wage (AEI); Characteristics of minimum wage workers (BLS 2016); Who pays? (The Economist)
- Human Capital and Signaling - Signaling (MR University - YouTube);Human Capital and Signaling (MR University - YouTube);Econ Duel: Is Education Signaling or Skill Building? (MR University - YouTube);Human Capital (Gary Becker - EconLib);The College Amenities Arms Race (Forbes); College and University Historical Trends (Statista); To make money, study maths or economics at a top university (The Economist)
- Unemployment and Search Theory - The Great Depression (EconLib); Wartime Prosperity? A Reassessment of the U.S. Economy in the 1940s (The Independent Institute);The Great Recession, 10 Years Later (FEE); 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)
- Market Barriers - Why Do So Many Need the Government's Permission to Work? (Institute for Justice - YouTube); License to Work Report (v2); A Family-Friendly Policy That’s Friendliest to Male Professors (NYT)
- 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);Immigration Myths with Ben Powell (YouTube); Prof. Bryan Caplan on “The Economics of Immigration” (YouTube); The Economics of Immigration Restrictions
Research Resources
Data Resources
Other Resources
Reference Management Software (Free)
- AEA Data
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Census Data
- Current Population Survey
- DataFerrett
- Federal Reserve of St. Louis - Population, Employment, and Labor Markets
- ICPSR Data
- University of Minnesota IPUMS
- NBER Data
- National Longitudinal Surveys
Other Resources
- AEA Resources for Economists
- American Enterprise Institute
- The Foundation for Economic Education
- The Independent Institute
- The National Bureau of Economic Research (use an .edu email to access papers)
Reference Management Software (Free)
Class Resources
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