David Ribar, Ph.D.
Economics 735-01: Labor Economics, Fall 2009
Syllabus:
Schedule and Lecture Materials:
August 26 Introduction
September 2 Labor Force Trends and Basic Empirical Considerations
September 9 Nonlinear Budget Constraints
September 16 Household production
September 23 Family labor supply
September 30 Life-cycle Models
- Notes: Part 1 [Download notes in PDF format]
- Notes: Part 2 [Download notes in PDF format]
- Life-cycle consumption notes from ECO 721: [Download notes in PDF format]
October 7 Human Capital -- Schooling
- Link to 2nd Edition of Gary Becker's Human Capital
- Notes: [Download notes in PDF format]
October 14 Human Capital -- Training
October 21 Static Labor Demand
October 28 Compensating Wage Differentials
November 4 Partial equilbrium job search
November 11 Equilbrium job search
November 18 Job flows
Homework:
- August 26 Homework #1 (due September 2)
- October 28 See last page of notes for Oct. 28 (due November 4)