Syllabus/achievement requirements

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Books

Borjas, G. J. Labor Economics, 2016. McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 9780071326209, seventh edition.

Supplementary papers

Labor Supply

@ Fehr, E. and Goette. L. Do Workers Work More if Wages are High? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment, 2007. American Economic Review 97(1): 298-317. DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.1.298.

Monopsony

@ Staiger, D.O., Spetz, J. and Phibbs, C.S. Is There Monopsony in the Labor Market? Evidence from a Natural Experiment, 2010. Journal of Labor Economics 28(2): 211-236. DOI: 10.1086/652734.

Unions & Collective Bargaining

@ Moene, K. O. and Wallerstein, M. Pay Inequality, 1997. Journal of Labor Economics 15(3): 403-430. DOI: 10.1086/209866.

@ Dahl, C. M., Maire, D. and Munch, J. R. Wage Dispersion and Decentralization of Wage Bargaining, 2013. Journal of Labor Economics 31(3): 501-533. DOI: 10.1086/669339.

Human Capital

@ Arcidiacono, P., Bayer, P. and Hizmo, A. Beyond Signaling and Human Capital: Education and the Revelation of Ability, 2010. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2(4): 76-104. DOI: 10.1257/app.2.4.76.

Roy Model of Migration

@ Parey, M., Ruhose, J, Waldinger, F., and Netzm N. The Selection of High-Skilled Emigrants, 2017. Review of Economics and Statistics 99(5): 776–792. DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00687.

Incentive Pay

@ Aggarwal, R. K. and Samwick, A. A. The Other Side of the Trade-off: The Impact of Risk on Executive Compensation, 1999. Journal of Political Economy 107(1): 65–105. DOI: 10.1086/250051.

Discrimination

@ Ewens, M., Tomlin, B. and Wang, L. C. Statistical Discrimination or Prejudice? A Large Sample Field Experiment, 2014. Review of Economics and Statistics 96(1): 119–134. DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00365.

Search & Unemployment

@ Kroft, K. and Pope, D. G. Does Online Search Crowd Out Traditional Search and Improve Matching Efficiency? Evidence from Craigslist, 2014. Journal of Labor Economics 32(2): 259-303. DOI: 10.1086/673374.

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