ECON 467 - Labor Economics

Economic analysis applied to the study of the labor market. Topics studied include: the goals and economic impacts of labor unions; the supply and demand for labor; the work incentive effects of anti-poverty and income support programs; human capital investment decisions such as those involving education and on-the-job training; compensating wage differentials; and an economic analysis of discrimination.

Prerequisites: ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics or ECON 205 - Principles of Economics; STAT 190 - Basic Statistics or STAT 290 - Statistics. ECON 300 - Intermediate Microeconomics is recommended.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.