ECON773

Topics in Applied Public and Labor Economics

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Explore topics in labor and public economics. Study the empirical evidence and the applied methodology used within labor and public economics. Discuss important topics in labor and public economics including immigration, education, discrimination, crime, and the role of family background. Provide instruction on how to perform empirical labor and public economic research by familiarizing students with available data sources, current research methodology, and practice with statistical packages such as Stata.

Spring 2026

Nolan Pope

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Past Semesters

John Ham

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.73 between 16 students*

ECON773 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 31.25%
A: 12.5%
B+: 6.25%
other: 50%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.