ECON 251 Labor Economics
| ECON 251 Syllabus [Spring 2022] |
Supplemental Readings: Scholarly Articles
Instructor Note: Article information is provided but students are expected to find articles using the SJSU Library and InterLibrary Loan (ILLiad). Students are responsible for reading all articles for a section except those specified as optional.
Week 2: Demand and Elasticity
Hamermesh, Daniel S. 1986. "The demand for labor in the long run." Handbook of Labor Economics, 1: 429-471.
Hamermesh, Daniel S. and Stephen J. Trejo. 2000. "The Demand for Hours of Labor: Direct Evidence from California." Review of Economics and Statistics, 82(1): 38-47.
Hasan, Rana, Devashish Mitra and K.V. Ramaswamy. 2007. "Trade Reforms, Labor Regulations, and Labor-Demand Elasticities: Empirical Evidence from India." Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(3): 466-481.
Module 3: Supply
Banfi, Stefano and Benjamín Villena-Roldán, 2019. "Do High-Wage Jobs Attract More Applicants? Directed Search Evidence from the Online Labor Market," Journal of Labor Economics, 37(3): 715-746.
Becker, Gary. 1965. “A Theory of the Allocation of Time.” Economic Journal, 75(299): 493-517.
Gronau, Reuben. 1977. “Leisure, Home Production, and Work–The Theory of Allocation of Time Revisited.” Journal of Political Economy, 85(6): 1099-1123.
Module 5: Wage Determination and Controls
Gibbons, Robert, Lawrence F. Katz, Thomas Lemieux, and Daniel Parent. 2005. "Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination" Journal of Labor Economics, 23(4): 381-724.
Gruetter, Max and Rafael Lalive. 2009. "The importance of firms in wage determination." Labour Economics, 16(2): 149-160.
Nunziata, Luca. 2005. "Institutions and Wage Determination: a Multi-country Approach." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 67(4): 435-466.
Module 6: Compensating Differentials
Carlino, Gerald and N. Edward Coulson. 2004. "Compensating differentials and the social benefits of the NFL." Journal of Urban Economics, 56(1): 25-50.
Powell, David. 2012. "Compensating Differentials and Income Taxes: Are the Wages of Dangerous Jobs More Responsive to Tax Changes than the Wages of Safe Jobs?" Journal of Human Resources, 47(4): 1023-1054.
Viscusi, W. Kip and Joni Hersch. 2001. "Cigarette Smokers as Job Risk Takers." Review of Economics and Statistics, 83(2): 269-280.
Module 9: Human Capital and Signaling
Ashenfelter, Orley. and Alan Krueger. 1994. “Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling from a New Sample of Twins.” American Economic Review, 84(5): 1157-1173.
Bowlus, Audra, and Huju Liu. 2013. “The Contributions of Search and Human Capital to Earnings Growth over the Life Cycle.” European Economic Review, 64: 305-331.
Weiss, Andrew. 1995. "Human Capital vs. Signalling Explanations of Wages." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 9(4): 133-154.
Module 11: Unemployment and Search Theory
Eckstein, Zvi, and Gerard van den Berg. 2007. “Empirical Labor Search: A Survey.” Journal of Econometrics, 136(2): 531-564.
Krueger, Alan, and Andreas Mueller. 2016. “A Contribution to the Empirics of Reservation Wages.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 8(1): 142-179.
Macleod, W. Bentley, James Malcomson, and Paul Gomme. 1994. "Labor Turnover and the Natural Rate of Unemployment: Efficiency Wage versus Frictional Unemployment." Journal of Labor Economics, 12(2): 276-315.
Module 13: Market Barriers
Blair, Peter Q. and Chung, Bobby W. 2019. "How Much of Barrier to Entry is Occupational Licensing?" British Journal of Industrial Relations, 57(4): 919-943.
Bertrand, Marianne, and Sendhil Mullainathan. 2004. "Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination." American Economic Review, 94 (4): 991-1013.
Agan, Amanda and Sonja Starr. 2018. "Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Racial Discrimination: A Field Experiment." Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(1): 191-235.
Module 14: Mobility and Immigration
Johnson, Janna E., and Morris M. Kleiner. 2020. "Is Occupational Licensing a Barrier to Interstate Migration?" American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 12 (3): 347-73.
Boubtane, Ekrame, Jean-Christophe Dumont, and Christophe Rault. 2016. "Immigration and economic growth in the OECD countries 1986–2006." Oxford Economic Papers, 68(2): 340-360.
Clemens, Michael, A. 2011. "Economics and Emigration: Trillion-Dollar Bills on the Sidewalk?" Journal of Economic Perspectives, 25(3): 83-106.
Week 2: Demand and Elasticity
Hamermesh, Daniel S. 1986. "The demand for labor in the long run." Handbook of Labor Economics, 1: 429-471.
Hamermesh, Daniel S. and Stephen J. Trejo. 2000. "The Demand for Hours of Labor: Direct Evidence from California." Review of Economics and Statistics, 82(1): 38-47.
Hasan, Rana, Devashish Mitra and K.V. Ramaswamy. 2007. "Trade Reforms, Labor Regulations, and Labor-Demand Elasticities: Empirical Evidence from India." Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(3): 466-481.
Module 3: Supply
Banfi, Stefano and Benjamín Villena-Roldán, 2019. "Do High-Wage Jobs Attract More Applicants? Directed Search Evidence from the Online Labor Market," Journal of Labor Economics, 37(3): 715-746.
Becker, Gary. 1965. “A Theory of the Allocation of Time.” Economic Journal, 75(299): 493-517.
Gronau, Reuben. 1977. “Leisure, Home Production, and Work–The Theory of Allocation of Time Revisited.” Journal of Political Economy, 85(6): 1099-1123.
Module 5: Wage Determination and Controls
Gibbons, Robert, Lawrence F. Katz, Thomas Lemieux, and Daniel Parent. 2005. "Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination" Journal of Labor Economics, 23(4): 381-724.
Gruetter, Max and Rafael Lalive. 2009. "The importance of firms in wage determination." Labour Economics, 16(2): 149-160.
Nunziata, Luca. 2005. "Institutions and Wage Determination: a Multi-country Approach." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 67(4): 435-466.
Module 6: Compensating Differentials
Carlino, Gerald and N. Edward Coulson. 2004. "Compensating differentials and the social benefits of the NFL." Journal of Urban Economics, 56(1): 25-50.
Powell, David. 2012. "Compensating Differentials and Income Taxes: Are the Wages of Dangerous Jobs More Responsive to Tax Changes than the Wages of Safe Jobs?" Journal of Human Resources, 47(4): 1023-1054.
Viscusi, W. Kip and Joni Hersch. 2001. "Cigarette Smokers as Job Risk Takers." Review of Economics and Statistics, 83(2): 269-280.
Module 9: Human Capital and Signaling
Ashenfelter, Orley. and Alan Krueger. 1994. “Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling from a New Sample of Twins.” American Economic Review, 84(5): 1157-1173.
Bowlus, Audra, and Huju Liu. 2013. “The Contributions of Search and Human Capital to Earnings Growth over the Life Cycle.” European Economic Review, 64: 305-331.
Weiss, Andrew. 1995. "Human Capital vs. Signalling Explanations of Wages." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 9(4): 133-154.
Module 11: Unemployment and Search Theory
Eckstein, Zvi, and Gerard van den Berg. 2007. “Empirical Labor Search: A Survey.” Journal of Econometrics, 136(2): 531-564.
Krueger, Alan, and Andreas Mueller. 2016. “A Contribution to the Empirics of Reservation Wages.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 8(1): 142-179.
Macleod, W. Bentley, James Malcomson, and Paul Gomme. 1994. "Labor Turnover and the Natural Rate of Unemployment: Efficiency Wage versus Frictional Unemployment." Journal of Labor Economics, 12(2): 276-315.
Module 13: Market Barriers
Blair, Peter Q. and Chung, Bobby W. 2019. "How Much of Barrier to Entry is Occupational Licensing?" British Journal of Industrial Relations, 57(4): 919-943.
Bertrand, Marianne, and Sendhil Mullainathan. 2004. "Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination." American Economic Review, 94 (4): 991-1013.
Agan, Amanda and Sonja Starr. 2018. "Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Racial Discrimination: A Field Experiment." Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(1): 191-235.
Module 14: Mobility and Immigration
Johnson, Janna E., and Morris M. Kleiner. 2020. "Is Occupational Licensing a Barrier to Interstate Migration?" American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 12 (3): 347-73.
Boubtane, Ekrame, Jean-Christophe Dumont, and Christophe Rault. 2016. "Immigration and economic growth in the OECD countries 1986–2006." Oxford Economic Papers, 68(2): 340-360.
Clemens, Michael, A. 2011. "Economics and Emigration: Trillion-Dollar Bills on the Sidewalk?" Journal of Economic Perspectives, 25(3): 83-106.