ECON 244

Main Course

U.S. Labor Markets and Public Programs since 1940

Description

Lecture, three hours. Designed for PhD students. Introduction to current research at intersection of labor economics, public economics, and U.S. economic history, focusing on period after 1940. Topics include economic and wage inequality; intergenerational mobility; increasing (and stalling) educational attainment; changes in health and health care; Great Migration; gender gap in pay and rise of married women's market work; baby boom and bust; racial inequality from slavery to Civil Rights era; and war on poverty. S/U or letter grading.