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ECON209

Race and Ethnicity in the Labor Market ECON209 SP

Crosslistings: AFAM209

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       31      0         31

Next Offered in 9798 SP

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 regualtion.

MAJOR READINGS

Gerald Jaynes, COMMON DESTINY: BLACKS AND
AMERICAN SOCIETY,
Cordelia Reimers, "Labor Market Discrimination Against
Hispanic and Black Men",
Barry Chiswick, "An Analysis of the Earnings and Employment
of Asian American Men",
Walter McManus, "Labor Market Costs of Language Disparity:
An Interpretation of Hispanic Earnings Differences",
Jacqueline Jones, LABOR OF LOVE, LABOR OF SORROW: BLACK
WOMEN, WORK AND THE FAMILY FROM SLAVERY TO THE PRESENT,
Sherrie Kossoudji, "English Language Ability and the Labor
Market Opportunities of Hispanic and East Asian Immigrant
Men",
Gilles Grenier, "Effects of Language Characteristics of the
Wages of Hispanic American Males",
Gerald Jaynes, BRANCHES WITHOUT ROOTS: GENISIS OF THE BLACK
WORKING CLASS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Mid-term exam; several short (2-3 pp.) papers on the readings; a final paper; active participation in class discussions.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Regular attendance & active participation in class discussion. No late papers or problem sets; no incompletes; no unexcused absences. Please note that if you do not match one of the prerequisite listings EXACTLY, then you need a prerequisite override. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS ECON

Prerequisites: ECON111 and ECON112 or ECON105

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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