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Rozanova course description industrial economics or economics of industry, is a oneyear course which is. These notes accompany the lectures i will give for the graduate labor course. Monetary economics lecture notes from lecture 1 to 7. Additional bibliography an additional reading list mainly journal articles and reports will be distributed during the course. Business economics eco 341 fall semester, 2012 khurrum s. A unit of labor may be an hour, year, or some other measure. Inside the six years as a result of the look of the first model of stephen smiths book, labour economics has become a additional firmly entrenched matter on the curriculum. Labor economics lecture 2 worker utility and labor supply duration. The field of labour economics covers a range of issues that are fundamental to under standing the world of work, such as the relationship between employment and growth, wage formation, the importance of human capital, migration and labour market regula.
Below you can find all the slides labelled topics notes used in the class for both for spanish and english lectures. Lets begin by looking at what economics is in general study of interactions between decision makers, which occur in markets, for goods and services or commodities. We start by outlining the details of the case, then propose a theoretical framework, and finally use the framework to understand the case. If the score on the exam is simply calculated incorrectly, the score will be corrected.
Labour economics, study of the labour force as an element in the process of production. The emphasis is on theory, although data guides the theoretical explorations. In particular, labour economics gives due recognition to solid empirical work with a strong economic interpretation. Topic 1 introduction to labour economics professor h. Course goalsaims this course aims to develop students so that they are able to apply economic principles to. Beforehand thoughtabout a subsection inside industrial economics, there in the mean time are just a few universities that do not dedicate a course to it in its private. Industrial economics lecture notes professor guillermo gallego fall 2002 these lecture notes summarize, and at times complement the material in the textbook. If labour is just another commodity and can be analyzed just like any other, why do we need a special course. The overriding goal of the course is to begin provide methodological tools for advanced research in macroeconomics.
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