Labor Economics

Course Code

ECON 24000 91

Course Description

This course is an introduction to labor economics with an emphasis on applied microeconomic theory and empirical analysis. Topics to be covered include: labor supply and demand, taxes and transfers, minimum wages, immigration, human capital, creativity over the lifecycle and unemployment. For each topic we will describe the basic economic framework used in the analysis, analyze associated cases studies and draw conclusions about what we have learned. Most of the examples will be based on U.S. labor data. A special attention will be given to randomized trials and experimental methods to infer causality.

Course Criteria

Instructor(s)

Julio Elias

¹ UChicago students can self-register.

² Visiting students and pre-college students apply through the same application.