David Ribar, Ph.D.
Economics 735-01: Labor Economics, Spring 2012
Syllabus:
Schedule and Lecture Materials:
January 10-12 Introduction
January 17-19 Evidence based on the static labor model
January 24-31 Household Production and Time Use
February 2-7 Family Models
February 9-14 Life-cycle Models
February 16-21 Taxes, Transfers, and Nonlinear Budget Constraints
March 1-13 Static Labor Demand
March 15-20 Gender and Racial Differences in Labor Markets
March 22-27 Partial equilibrium job search
March 29-April 5 Introduction to survival models
April 10-12 General equilibrium search models
April 17 Imperfect Labor Markets
Homework:
- January 12 Homework #1 (due January 17)
- January 17 Homework #2 (due January 19)
- January 19 Homework #3 (due January 24)
- January 24 Homework #4 (due January 26)
- January 26 Homework #5 (due January 31)
- January 31 Homework #6 (due February 2)
- February 2 Homework #7 (due February 7)
- February 7 Homework #8 (due February 9)
- February 9 Homework #9 (due February 14)
- February 16 Homework #10 (due February 21)
- February 21 Homework #11 (due February 23)
- March 27 Homework #14 (due March 29)