Urban Labor Markets and Employment Policy

As taught in: Spring 2005

A line of picketers wearing sandwich boards.

Airport workers strike at the Baltimore airport. (Image courtesy of jillyfish16.)

Instructors:

Prof. Paul Osterman

MIT Course Number:

15.677J

Level:

Graduate

Course Features

Course Description

This subject discusses the broader trends in the labor market, how urban labor markets function, public and private training policy, other labor market programs, the link between labor market policy and economic development, and the organization of work within firms.