First Half of the Class with Prof. Josh Angrist
| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| I. | Labor Market Facts and Trends |
| II. The Neoclassical Labor Supply Model | |
| IIa. | Basics |
| IIb. | Tax and Transfer Programs |
| IIc. | The Life-Cycle Model |
| IId. | Household and Family Models |
| III. Labor Demand and Demand-Side Institutions and Policies | |
| IIIa. | Labor Demand |
| IIIb. | Market Structure and the Min |
| IIIc. | Immigration and Migration |
| IIId. | Unions |
| IV. Human Capital | |
| IVa. | Schooling, Experience, and Earnings |
| IVb. | Empirical Earnings Functions |
Second Half of the Class with Prof. Daron Acemoglu
| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| I. Labor Market Externalities | |
| Ia. | Non-Pecuniary and Pecuniary Externalities in the Labor Market |
| Ib. | Signaling |
| II. Social Mobility, Peer Effects, and Human Capital | |
| IIa. | Social Mobility |
| IIb. | Peer Effects |
| III. Incentives, Agency and Efficiency Wages | |
| IIIa. | Multitasking |
| IIIb. | Career Concerns in the Private and the Public Sector |
| IIIc. | Efficiency Wages |
| IV. Investment in Skills | |
| IVa. | Holdups and Investments |
| IVb. | Investment in General Skills |
| IVc. | Specific Skills, Investments, and Learning |
| V. Search and Unemployment | |
| Va. | Unemployment, Non-Employment, and Labor Market Flows |
| Vb. | The Partial Equilibrium Search Model |
| Vc. | The Basic Equilibrium Search Framework |
| Vd. | Assignment Models |
| Ve. | The Composition of Jobs |
| Vf. | Real Wage Rigidity, Unemployment, and Unemployment Persistence |
| Vg. | Nominal Wage Rigidity and Unemployment |