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Academic Year 2005/2006

Race and Ethnicity in the Labor Market
ECON 209 FA
Crosslistings:
AFAM 209

This course introduces several models of the labor market and uses the models to analyze specific issues of race and ethnicity. Special attention is devoted to the labor market experiences of African American, Hispanic and Asian American women and men. Topics include the economics of discrimination, occupational crowding, internal labor markets, the contingent workforce, and the labor market effects of equal employment law and affirmative-action regulation.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ECON    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: (ECON111 AND ECON112) OR ECON105 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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