What you need to
do to be prepared for the course:
- You must purchase the required
text that is listed in the Syllabus.
- Read this on-line Syllabus carefully. If
you have questions about its content, contact the instructor.
Getting in
Touch with Dr. B
- Office: 236
BUSN
- Office
Hours: MW 11-12 PM
- Office Phone:
747-5245
- E
Mail Address: jtbrannon@utep.edu
Class
Materials
- Texts
- Modern Labor Economics, Tenth Edition, by R.G. Ehrenberg and
R.S. Smith . Addison-Wesley (required)
- Study Guide to accompany
Modern Labor Economics (optional)
The text can be purchased at the
UTEP Bookstore, other local bookstores, and on-line.
- Modern Labor Economics Web Site - The authors' web site contains
interactive quizzes and additional problems and exercises.
- Presentations -
In-class Power Point Presentations are available for downloading.
Special
Assignments
There will be periodic reading and homework assignments. Each
homework assignment must be submitted at the beginning of class on the due date.
All parts of assigned problems must be answered fully. The answers to assigned
problems are to be typed. Graphics and math solutions may be done by hand. If
multiple pages are submitted, they must be stapled.
Instructional
Methodology
Lecture and class discussion
Student Responsibilities
Attendance is a course requirement.
If a student accumulates excessive unexcused absences, he or she, at the
discretion of the professor, may be dropped from the class. Reading
assignments will always be posted in advance. Students should prepare themselves
for class accordingly and be ready to participate in class discussion.
Evaluation
Students can earn a maximum of three hundred points (300) on the
following graded materials: - Two (2) quizzes or other graded projects
valued at twenty-five points (25) each
- A mid-term examination valued at
100 points
- A final examination valued at 150 points
The final grade will be based on the student's average, and assigned according
to the following scale:
- A - 90-100
- B - 80-90
- C
- 70-80
- D - 60-70
- F - Below 60
UTEP Policy on
Academic Integrity
The University of Texas at El Paso prides itself on its standards
of academic excellence. In all matters of intellectual pursuit, UTEP faculty and
students must strive to achieve excellence based on the quality of work produced
by the individual. In the classroom and in all other academic activities,
students are expected to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity. Any
form of scholastic dishonesty is an affront to the pursuit of knowledge and
jeopardizes the quality of the degree awarded to all graduates of UTEP. It is
imperative, therefore, that the members of this academic community understand
the regulations pertaining to academic integrity and that all faculty insist on
adherence to these standards.
Any student who commits an act of scholastic dishonesty is subject to
discipline. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating,
plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that
are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination
for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or
the attempt to commit such acts. Proven violations of the detailed regulations,
as printed in the Handbook of Operating Procedures (HOP), and are available in
the Office of the Dean of Students, and the homepage of the Dean of Students
(DOS) at www.utep.edu, may result
in sanctions ranging from disciplinary probation, to failing grade on the work
in question, to a failing grade in the course, to suspension or dismissal, among
others.
Statement on
Disability
If
you feel you may have a disability that requires accommodations, contact the
Disabled Student Services Office at 747-5148, go to the Union Bldg., East, Room
106, or e-mail dss@utep.edu. Course
Content
Introduction to the Labor Market - Chapters 1 and
2 - Basic Labor Market Concepts
- Labor Markets Definitions, Facts,
and Trends
- How Labor Markets Work
- Applications of Labor Market Theory
The Demand for Labor -
Chapters 3, 4, and 5 - The Short- Run Demand for Labor with Competitive
Markets
- Labor
Demand in the Long-Run
- Substitutes and Complements in Production
- Labor Demand with a Non Competitive
Product Market
- Labor Market Effects of Taxes and Subsidies
- Measures of Labor Demand
Elasticity
- Effects of Minimum Wage Laws
- Labor Demand and Non Wage
Labor Costs
- The Employment-Hours Trade-Off
- Labor Investments and the Demand for
Labor
- Policy
Applications
The Supply of Labor - Chapters 6, 7, and 8 - A Theory of the Decision to
Work
- Substitution and Income
Effects
- The
Reservation Wage
- The Theory of Household Production
- Life Cycle Aspects of Labor
Supply
- Job Matching
- Hedonic Wage Theory and
the Risk of Injury
- Hedonic Wage Theory and Employee Benefits
- Policy Applications
Investments in Human
Capital - Chapters 9 and 10 - The Basic Model Of Human Capital investment
- The Demand for a College
Education
- Educational Investments and Earnings
- Is Education a Good
Investment?
- The Determinants of Worker Mobility
- Geographic Mobility: Migration and
Immigration
- Employee Turnover and Job Matching
Earnings -
Chapters 11 and 12 - Wage Determination Within the Firm
- The Employment Contract
- Productivity and
Pay
- Sources
of Earnings Differences
- Theories of Market Discrimination
- Programs to End Discrimination
- Policy
Applications
Selected Topics - Chapters 13, 14, 15, and 16
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