Courses

Focuses on the demand side of labor markets. Topics include standard static and dynamic models of labor demand, labor market discrimination, composition of compensation, labor hierarchies within enterprises, unionization, efficient contracts, and macroeconomics of labor markets. Prereq., ECON 6070 or 7010.

Focuses on special topics in labor economics: dynamic theories of labor supply, employment, and unemployment; labor supply in a household framework; and labor market activity and income distribution. Explores both theoretical models and empirical tests in each area. Prereq., ECON 6070 or 7010. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Highlights economics of regulation of industry and markets, industry studies, and the application of lab methods to industrial organization. Prereq., ECON 7010. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Addresses the theory of interaction of firms within markets and industries, emphasizing importance of the number, relative size of firms, market institution,firm strategies, and nature of consumer demand. Examines neoclassical and game theoretic models, empirical industry studies, and laboratory tests of theoretical models and policies. Prereq., ECON 7010. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Covers in historical perspective the causes of economic development including why some areas develop faster than others and why development occurs more rapidly in some eras than others. Prereqs., ECON 6070 and 6080, or ECON 7010. Same as HIST 7214. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Focuses on the problems encountered in countries evolving from planned to market economies. Emphasizes applications of new and traditional models of economic growth and analysis of problems unique to formerly planned economies. Prereq., ECON 6774 or 7010.

Explores empirical, theoretical, and policy issues in economic development. Examines political economy, income distribution and poverty, demographic change, labor force employment and migration, human capital, physical capital, natural resources and the environment, industrial structure, international trade and finance, stabilization policy, and structural adjustment. Prereqs., ECON 6774 or 7010. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

First semester of two-semester sequence in econometrics for PhD students. Studies least squares and generalized least squares estimation of linear econometric models. Asymptotic (large sample) theory of inference. Some topics in the estimation of microdata. Prereq., ECON 7818. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Teaches the advanced level of econometrics theory. Topics include asymptotic theory, maximum likelihood estimation, limited dependent variables analysis and other frontier areas of econometrics such as the method of moment estimation, semiparametric and nonparametric estimation procedure. Prereq., ECON 7828.

Presents a "User's guide" to conducting empirical research in applied microeconomics. Begins with a primer on an industry-standard econometric software package including programming techniques and data management. Introduces advanced econometric techniques including panel data methods, IV, matching models, regression discontinuity, and limited dependent variables models. Concludes with a research project requiring a replication and/or extension of an existing published paper. Prereqs., ECON 7818 and 7828. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Teaches students to construct a variety of applied economic models, obtain parameter values through calibration or estimation techniques, and uses the resulting models to conduct policy simulations. Prereqs., ECON 7010 and 7818. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor and department consent.

All doctoral students must register for not fewer than 30 hours of dissertation credit as part of the requirements for the degree. For a detailed discussion of doctoral dissertation credit, refer to the Graduate School section. Prerequisites: Economic (ECON) graduate students are restricted from taking this course.