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Labor Economics
Course number:
NEIU – ECON 306D
“Everything in the world is purchased by labour”
– David Hume (1711 – 1776), Essays, Of Commerce
“The property which every man has in his own labour; as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable…”
– Adam Smith (1723 – 1790), An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
INTRODUCTION
This course is a more intricate study of labor markets than is offered in the standard microeconomics courses. We will be applying economic theory to labor markets and related economic phenomena including but not limited to: earnings, employment, unemployment, worker mobility, and discrimination.
REQUIRED TEXT
Labor Economics, Fifth Edition
George J. Borjas
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0073511366