Instructor(s)
Prof. Joshua Angrist
MIT Course Number
14.64
As Taught In
Fall 2009
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is an introduction to labor economics with an emphasis on applied microeconomic theory and empirical analysis. We are especially interested in the link between research and public policy. Topics to be covered include: labor supply and demand, taxes and transfers, minimum wages, immigration, human capital, education production, inequality, discrimination, unions and strikes, and unemployment.