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unmarked means skim for content if you wish<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> <h2><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Week 1-2: January 8-19<span class=GramE>:Preliminaries</span>, Production, and Primal Estimation<o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p>*Cahuc and Zylberberg, Chapter 4 or Hamermesh, Chapters 2-3 </p> <p>Golub, Stephen and Chang-Tai Hsieh<span class=GramE>..</span><i> Review of International Economics </i>(May 2000): 221-234. </p> <p>Orazem, <i>Review of Agricultural Economics</i> 20 (Fall/Winter, 1998):489-501 </p> <p>Huang et al <i>Economica</i> (February 1998):125-143. </p> <p><span class=GramE>Hellerstein, Neumark and Troske.</span> <i>Journal of Labor Economics</i> (July 1999):409-446. </p> <p><span class=GramE>Hellerstein, Neumark and Troske.</span> <i>Journal of Human Resources</i> (Spring 2002): 353-380. </p> <p>Solow, <i>Journal of Macroeconomics</i> (Winter 1979):79-82. </p> <p>Shapiro and Stiglitz, <i>American Economic <span class=GramE>Review<span style='font-style:normal'>(</span></span></i>June 1984):433-444. </p> <p>Hibbs and Locking, <i>Journal of Labor Economics</i> (October 2000):755-782. </p> <p>Akerloff and Yellen, <i>American Economic Review</i> (May 1988):44-49. </p> <p>Moretti, Enrico. <i>American Economic Review </i>(June 2004): 656-690. </p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> <h2><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Weeks 3-5: January 22-February 9: Dual Methods, Hicks-Marshall Laws of Derived Demand, Technical Change<o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p>*Katz and Autor, <i>Handbook of Labor Economics Vol 3A, Chpt 26</i> </p> <p>Adams, James D. &quot;The Structure of Firm R&amp;D, the Factor Intensity of Production, and Skill Bias.&quot; <i>Review of Economics and Statistics</i> August 1999 </p> <p><span class=GramE>Ollinger, MacDonald and Madison.</span> <i>American Journal of Agricultural <span class=GramE>Economics<span style='font-style: normal'>(</span></span></i>February 2005): 116-129. </p> <p>Card and Lemieux, <i>Quarterly Journal of Economics</i> 116 (May 2001):705-746. </p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE>Caselli, Francesco and Wilbur John Coleman II.</span> <span class=GramE> The World Technology Frontier. </span> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>American Economic Review</i> 96 (March 2006): 499-522.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Kremer, Michael.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE> The O-Ring Theory of Economic Development. </span> <span class=GramE><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Quarterly Journal of Economics.</i></span> 108 (August 1993): 551-575.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><br> </span>Hanson, Gordon H.  Illegal Migration from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region> to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Economic Literature </i>44 (December 2006): 869-924<span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Week 6: February 12-16 Effects of Labor Market Policies<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p>Problem Set 1 due February 23</p> <p class=MsoNormal>Stephen Nickell, Luca Nunziata, Wolfgang Ochel (2005)  Unemployment in the OECD Since the 1960s. What Do We Know? <i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>The Economic Journal </i>115 (500), 1 27</p> <p>Autor, David &quot;Outsourcing at Will: The contribution of Unjust Dismissal Doctrine to the Growth of Employment Outsourcing.&quot; <i>Journal of Labor Economics</i> January 2003. </p> <p>Trejo, Stephen J. &quot;Does the Statutory Overtime Premium Discourage Long Workweeks? <i>Industrial and Labor Relations Review</i> April 2003. </p> <p class=MsoNormal>Additional Background<strong><span style='font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>Cahuc, Pierre and André Zylberberg. Chapter 12; or <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE>Nickell and Layard.</span> &quot;Labor Market Institutions and Economic Performance&quot; in Ashenfelter and Card <span class=GramE>eds</span>. <span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><em>Handbook of Labor Economics Vol 3C, Chapter 46.</em><em><span style='font-style:normal'>1999; or </span></em><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE>Blau and Kahn.</span> <span class=GramE>&quot;Institutions and Laws in Labor Markets.&quot; in Ashenfelter and Card eds. <em>Handbook of Labor Economics Vol 3A, Chapter 25.</em></span><em> </em><em><span style='font-style:normal'>1999. </span></em></p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> <h2><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Weeks 7-9: February 19-March 5: Earnings Inequality, Discrimination, Intergenerational transmission<o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p>Problem Set 1 due February 23 </p> <p>*Katz and Autor, <i>Handbook of Labor Economics Vol 3A, Chpt 26</i> </p> <p class=MsoNormal>Lemieux, Thomas.  Increasing Residual Wage Inequality: Composition Effects, Noisy Data, or Rising Demand for Skill? <i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>American Economic Review </i>96 (March 2006): 461-498.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE>Dunne, Timothy, Lucia Foster, John Haltiwanger and Kenneth R. Troske.</span> <i>Journal of Labor Economics</i> (April 2004): 397-430. </p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Beaudry, Paul and David A. Green.  Changes in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Wages, 1976-2000: Ongoing Skill Bias or Major Technological Change? Journal of Labor Economics 23 (July 2005): 609-648. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Becker, G.S. and N. Tomes (1986)  Human Capital and the Rise and <span class=GramE>Fall</span> of Families. <i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>Journal of Labor Economics</i> 4: S12-S37. Also Chapter 10 in Becker, G.S. (1993) <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Human Capital</i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Third Edition. <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>: The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chicago</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> Press. </p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Lord, William A. (2002) <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Household Dynamics: Economic Growth and Policy</i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Chapters 5-7.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Solon, G.R. (2002)  Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility. <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Journal of Economic Perspectives</i> 16:59-66.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Hsieh, Chang Tai and Keong Woo. <span class=GramE> <span style='color:windowtext'>The Impact of Outsourcing to <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> on <st1:place w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:place>'s Labor Market.</span> </span><span style='color:windowtext'> <strong><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>American Economic Review</span></i></strong></span> December 2005</p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE>Eide, Eric and Mark Showalter.</span>  Factors Affecting the Transmission of Earnings <span class=GramE>Across</span> Generations. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>Journal of Human Resources</i> (Spring 1999): 253-267.</p> <h2>Week 10: March 12-16: Spring Break</h2> <h2>Week 11-13: March 19-April 6: Discrimination, Sorting, Self-Selection, Piece Rates</h2> <h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:#993300'>NOTE NO CLASS MARCH 23<o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p>*Lazear <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Personnel Economics </i><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(1995) Chpts. 1-2 </p> <p>*Willis, <i>Handbook of Labor Economics</i> (Volume 1, Chapter 10): pp.525-530; 541-556; 570-590; </p> <p>Altonji and Blank, <i>Handbook of Labor Economics</i> Vol 3C, Chapter 48, pp. 3144-3164 </p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span class=GramE>Holzer, Harry and David <span class=spelle>Neumark</span>.</span>  Are Affirmative Action Hires Less Qualified?&nbsp; <span class=GramE>Evidence for Employer-Employee Data on New Hires. </span><i> Journal of Labor Economics</i> 17 (July 1999):534-569.</p> <p><span class=GramE>Lazear(</span>1998), Chapter 3 and pp. 358-365. </p> <p>*Lazear, <i>American Economic Review</i> (December 2000):1346-1361. </p> <p>Brown, Charles. &quot;Firms' Choice of Method of Pay.&quot; in Ehrenberg <span class=GramE>ed</span>. <i>Do Compensation Policies Matter?</i> 1990. 165-182. Also published in vol 43 of the <i>Industrial and Labor Relations Review</i> </p> <p class=MsoNormal>*Lazear, Edward P.  Entrepreneurship. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Labor Economics</i> (October 2005): 649-680.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE>Gibbons, Robert, Lawrence Katz, Thomas Lemieux, and Daniel Parent.</span> <span class=GramE> Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination. </span> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>Journal of Labor Economics</i> (October 2005): 681-724.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Schultz, Theodore W. (1975)  The value of the ability to deal with disequilibria, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Economic Literature</i> 13: 827-846</p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>*<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:place></st1:City>, Barton H.  Does entrepreneurship pay? <span class=GramE>An empirical analysis of the returns to self-employment. </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Political Economy</i> 108 (June 2000): 604-631.</p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> <h2>Week 14-15: April 9-20: Experimental and Nonexperimental Design for Evaluation</h2> <p>*Angrist and Krueger, <i>Handbook of Labor Economics</i> Vol 3A, Chapter 23. </p> <p><span class=GramE>Heckman, Lalonde and Smith, <i>Handbook of Labor Economics</i> Vol 3A, Chapter 31.</span> </p> <p><span class=GramE>Heckman, James, and Jeffrey Smith.</span> <i>Journal of Labor Economics</i> April 2004. <span class=GramE>85-110.</span> </p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> <h2>Week 16: April 23-27: Tournaments, Executive Compensation</h2> <p>Lazear, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Personnel Economics</i> Chapters 3, 5</p> <p>Also</p> <p><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Murphy, <i>Handbook of Labor Economics</i> Vol 3b, Chapter 38.</span></span><span style='font-size: 10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bognano, &quot;Corporate Tournaments.&quot;</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <i>Journal of Labor Economics</i> (April 2001):290-315. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p>Bertrand and Mullainathan, &quot;Are CEOs Rewarded for Luck? The Ones <span class=GramE>Without</span> Principals Are&quot; <i>Quarterly Journal of Economics</i> (August 2001):901-932 </p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Audas, Rick, Tim Barmby and John Treble.</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> &quot;Luck, Effort and Reward in an Organizational Hierarchy&quot; <em>Journal of Labor Economics </em><em><span style='font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>(April 2004): 379-396.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <span class=GramE>Bertrand, Marianne and Sendhil Mullainathan.</span>  Enjoying the Quiet Life? Corporate Governance and Managerial Preferences. <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> Journal of Political Economy </i>111 (October 2003): 1043-1075.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </div> </body> </html>