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 300 - Intermediate Microeconomics; STAT 190 - Basic Statistics or STAT 290 - Statistics.
Credit(s): 3
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Honors Scholar Course.