ECON 443 LABOR MARKET ANALYSIS (Updated: 07/21/2005)
University of Washington, Seattle
Summer Quarter, 2005
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Instructor: Jr-Tsung Huang, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics
Office: Savery M326
Office Hours: Tue. 3:30~5:30 or by appointment.
Email: jthuang@nccu.edu.tw, jthuang@u.washington.edu
Web: http://www3.nccu.edu.tw/~jthuang
NEWS:
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Deal all,
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The following is the detail of your tentative course grade (if everything is correct). Please come by my office (SAV M326) tomorrow (July 22, 2005) during 1:00 to 3:00pm if you have any questions. Please notice that NO CORRECTIONS WILL BE MADE AFTER 3:00PM, JULY 22, 2005. For those who get 100 in the final, 4.0 for the course grade, or huge progress in the final (the difference between midterm and final exceeds 20), please come to my office during the same period or anytime after making an appointment with me by August 1, 2005. Anyway, hope you guys will be satisfied with your course grade and thanks for taking this course. JT
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Student ID |
Ave HW |
Ave Quiz |
Midterm |
Final1 |
Course Grade2 |
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13823 |
8 |
9 |
94 |
100 |
4.0 |
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410636 |
4 |
3 |
73 |
77 |
2.8 |
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133164 |
9 |
7 |
82 |
90 |
3.8 |
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329407 |
9 |
4 |
76 |
81 |
3.5 |
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131718 |
9 |
7 |
63 |
95 |
3.8 |
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225809 |
9 |
9 |
74 |
93 |
3.9 |
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230869 |
3 |
6 |
68 |
73 |
2.7 |
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120885 |
7 |
3 |
81 |
80 |
3.3 |
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410305 |
8 |
8 |
84 |
95 |
4.0 |
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322571 |
9 |
7 |
82 |
75 |
3.6 |
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9938735 |
6 |
7 |
59 |
69 |
3.0 |
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124221 |
2 |
2 |
75 |
82 |
2.6 |
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236257 |
8 |
6 |
76 |
83 |
3.5 |
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126347 |
9 |
10 |
92 |
91 |
4.0 |
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9932913 |
7 |
8 |
75 |
78 |
3.4 |
|
127654 |
7 |
7 |
78 |
81 |
3.5 |
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440247 |
6 |
2 |
63 |
76 |
2.9 |
|
35930 |
6 |
5 |
79 |
89 |
3.4 |
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232039 |
6 |
6 |
86 |
90 |
3.5 |
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232471 |
9 |
7 |
84 |
89 |
3.8 |
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336366 |
2 |
6 |
72 |
62 |
2.5 |
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336876 |
9 |
8 |
84 |
93 |
4.0 |
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124249 |
7 |
9 |
75 |
81 |
3.6 |
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29057 |
5 |
4 |
83 |
86 |
3.2 |
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21256 |
8 |
6 |
85 |
81 |
3.6 |
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334774 |
8 |
6 |
71 |
89 |
3.5 |
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210516 |
3 |
1 |
62 |
72 |
2.5 |
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329720 |
7 |
6 |
58 |
64 |
3.1 |
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120173 |
5 |
8 |
73 |
81 |
3.3 |
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113405 |
8 |
6 |
75 |
79 |
3.5 |
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331673 |
9 |
6 |
70 |
85 |
3.6 |
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323405 |
8 |
8 |
71 |
60 |
3.2 |
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227568 |
7 |
5 |
74 |
72 |
3.2 |
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112660 |
8 |
6 |
74 |
86 |
3.6 |
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511961 |
9 |
2 |
68 |
79 |
3.3 |
Notes: 1. Final scores include the extra 5 points for 7/19 attendance.
2. Course grade includes extra points for complete attendance (0.1), huge progress in final (0.1), and 0.4 for all students in order to make the average between 3.3-3.6.
3. No one will get course grade greater than 4.0, although their calculated grade is greater than 4.0.
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Course Syllabus [download]
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Textbook:
Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Robert S. Smith (2005), Modern Labor Economics, 9th edition. NY: Pearson Education, Inc.
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Notice: Please use answer sheet provided by the assignment file for your assignment. Other forms of answer sheet for your assignment will not be accepted starting from assignment #2.
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Date |
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Topic |
Handout |
Quiz & Ans. |
Homework |
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6/20 |
Mon. |
Course Introduction |
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6/21 |
Tue. |
Introduction, The Labor Market (Ch.1, 2.1) |
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6/22 |
Wed |
How the Labor Market Works, Applications (2.2~ 2.3) |
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6/23 |
Thu |
The Demand for Labor (Ch.3) |
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624 |
Fri |
Labor Demand Elasticities (4.1~4.3) |
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6/27 |
Mon |
Frictions in the Labor Market (4.4 and 5.1) |
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6/28 |
Tue |
Frictions in the Labor Market (5.2~5.4) |
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6/29 |
Wed |
Supply of Labor to the Economy: The Decision to Work (6.1~6.2) |
Due of HW#1 |
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6/30 |
Thu |
Supply of Labor to the Economy: The Decision to Work (6.2~6.3) |
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7/1 |
Fri |
Labor Supply (7.1~7.3) |
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7/5 |
Tue |
Labor Supply (7.4~7.5) |
Due of HW#2 |
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7/6 |
Wed |
Midterm (Ch.1~Ch.7) |
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7/7 |
Thu |
Compensating Wage Differentials and Labor Market (8.1~8.2) | ¡@ | ||
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7/8 |
Fri |
Investment in Human Capital (8.3, 9.1~9.2) |
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7/11 |
Mon |
Investment in Human Capital (9.3~9.4) |
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7/12 |
Tue |
Worker Mobility (10.1~10.3) |
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7/13 |
Wed |
Pay and Productivity (10.4, 11.1~11.2) |
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7/14 |
Thu |
Pay and Productivity (11.2~11.4) |
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7/15 |
Fri |
Pay and Productivity (11.5) and Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Labor Market (12.1) |
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7/18 |
Mon |
Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Labor Market (12.2) |
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7/19 |
Tue |
Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Labor Market (12.3) and Review |
Due of HW#3 |
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7/20 |
Wed |
Final Exam (Ch.8~Ch.12) |
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Unions and the Labor Market (Ch.13) |
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Supplements to Each Chapter
| Chapter | Supplements |
| 1 | supp1 |
| 2 | supp2 |
| 3 | supp3 |
| 4 | supp4 |
| 5 | supp5 |
| 6 | supp6 |
| 7 | supp7 |
| 8 | supp8 |
| 9 | supp9 |
| 10 | supp10 |
| 11 | supp11 |
| 12 | supp12 |
| 13 | supp13 |
| 14 | supp14 |
| 15 | supp15 |
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