Darwyyn Deyo
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ECON 151 Syllabus (Fall 2019)
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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
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Research Resources

Data Resources
  • 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)
Students may also find interesting topics on The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Financial Times, and The New York Times

​Reference Management Software (Free)
  • Mendeley (Best for Chrome)
  • Zotero (Best for Firefox)

Class Resources

Final Research Paper Proposal Template
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Final Paper Structure Template
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Final Paper Rubric
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Final Paper Rubric - Peer Edits Workshop
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Presentation Rubric
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Presentation Template.pptx
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  • Home
  • About Me
  • CV
  • Research
    • Pedagogical Research
    • Datasets
  • Teaching
    • ECON 141 Law and Economics
    • ECON 251 Labor Economics