Labor Economics

Aннотация:
This course has two principal objectives. The first is to introduce students to the field of labor economics, applying microeconomic analysis in order to increase understanding of important social issues and public policies such as poverty, minimum wages, overtime rules, layoff restrictions, education, job safety, discrimination, migration, labor relations, unions and other institutions, unemployment, and income inequality. The second is to apply labor economics to the particular problems of labor markets in transition economies, with the aim of encouraging research in this field.