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Labor Economics Course Outline
Labor Economics Course Outline
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ECON 3113 – Labor Economics
Fall 2022-23
Instructor Adeel Tariq
Room No. Room 148, Economics Wing Ground Floor, Academic Block
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Email adeel.tariq@lums.edu.pk
Telephone 8462
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Course Basics
Credit Hours 4
Lecture(s) Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week 2 Duration 110 minutes
Lab (per week) Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week Duration
Tutorial (per week) Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week Duration
Course Distribution
Core
Elective
Open for Student Category Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
Close for Student Category Freshmen
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is centered around the economic analysis of how workers, firms and the government interact in shaping the outcomes in the labor
market, primarily employment and earnings. Students will learn both classic and novel models of labor supply (participation, hours worked,
human capital formation etc.), labor demand (labor demand as derived demand for goods and services, wage structure, market mechanisms
etc.), as well as policy issues & labor market dynamics (wage differentials, minimum wage, search and matching models, monopsony, trade
unions etc.). We will also examine how much of this theory is reconciled by empirical evidence. Upon successful completion, students should
have a rich understanding of the major topics in the field of labor economics and be able to identify open areas of research.
COURSE PREREQUISITE(S)
ECON 211 (Intermediate Microeconomics)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Equip students with an introductory level understanding of the methods and techniques used in the field of labor economics
COURSE OVERVIEW
Module Topics Readings Lectures
1 Introduction and Overview of the Labor Market Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Robert S. Smith 2
(2014), Chapters 1 and 2
Borjas, George J. (2013), Chapter 1
2 Labor Supply Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Robert S. Smith 6
Changes in Labor Supply (2014), Chapters 6 and 7
Theory of Choice of Hours of Work Borjas, George J. (2013), Chapters 2 and 3
Labor Supply over the Life‐Cycle
Labor Supply and the Family
3 Labor Demand and Labor Market Equilibrium Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Robert S. Smith 6
Short‐run and Long‐run Labor Demand (2014), Chapters 3 and 4
Dynamic Labor Demand Borjas, George J. (2013), Chapters 4 and 5
Labor Market Equilibrium
4 Wage Determination Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Robert S. Smith 5
Investment in Education: Human Capital Theory vs Signalling (2014), Chapters 8, 9 and 11
Theory Borjas, George J. (2013), Chapters 6, 7 and 11
Compensating Wage Differentials
Efficiency Wage Theories
5 Discrimination Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Robert S. Smith 4
Evidence on Gender Discrimination (2014), Chapter 12
Theories of Discrimination Borjas, George J. (2013), Chapter 9
6 Unemployment Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Robert S. Smith 3
Frictional Unemployment (2014), Chapter 14
Structural Unemployment Borjas, George J. (2013), Chapter 12
Demand‐Deficient or Cyclical Unemployment
Implicit Contract Theory
Efficiency Wage Theories
Insider‐Outside Theory
Hysteresis
Last Modified on 7/1/2020
By Sana Khan
Office of the Registrar
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Textbook(s)/Supplementary Readings
Main Textbooks
1. Borjas, George J. (2013), Labor Economics, McGraw‐Hill, 6th Edition.
2. Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Robert S. Smith (2014), Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy, Pearson, 12th Edition.
Additional Readings
A list of additional readings (mostly journal articles) will be assigned to students by the instructor.