Labor Economics
How labor markets set wages and employment, and how policy affects workers.
ECON-340 Year 3 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Economics
Course content
- 1Labor markets: an overviewComing
- 2Labor supplyComing
- 3Labor demandComing
- 4Competitive equilibrium and minimum wagesComing
- 5Human capital and educationComing
- 6Compensating wage differentialsComing
- 7Discrimination in the labor marketComing
- 8Unions and collective bargainingComing
- 9MonopsonyComing
- 10Unemployment and job searchComing
- 11Immigration and the labor marketComing
- 12Inequality and wage trendsComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
How labor markets set wages and employment, and how policy affects workers.
Part of the Arts & Social Sciences stream, typically taken in year 3.