College Bulletin 2023-2024 
    
    Nov 11, 2024  
College Bulletin 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECON 045. Labor Economics


This course offers an introduction to labor economics. Students will learn to apply microeconomic principles to topics such as labor supply and demand, unemployment, determinants of earnings, minimum wages, taxes and transfers, immigration, discrimination, education, and labor unions. Students will investigate these topics by evaluating recent economic research and analyzing labor market data. 
Prerequisite: ECON 011  and ECON 031  
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Economics  
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/economics


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