Labor Economics I

Handouts

The handouts were given out during lectures and were used to cover the key ideas during the course.

Key Ideas #1

1. A century of labor market action
2. Labor supply (Part 1)
3. Metrics 

Key Ideas #2

1. Theory
2. ‘Metrics
3. Evidence, debates

Key Ideas #3

Key Ideas #3A:Home production

1. The theory of home production
2. ‘Metrics

Key Ideas #3B: Labor demand, minimum wages and immigration

1. Core theory
2. Policy issues

Key Ideas #4

1. Union relative wage effects
2. Efficient bargains and strikes

Key Ideas #5

1. The economic returns to schooling—theory
2. Returns-to-schooling ‘metrics
3. Returns to experience