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Fall 2019  |  PA 8312 Section 001: Analysis of Discrimination (33080)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Wed 05:30PM - 08:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 184
Enrollment Status:
Open (12 of 25 seats filled)
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Course Catalog Description:
Policy analysis/other applied social sciences as tools for measuring/detecting discrimination in market/nonmarket contexts. Application of modern tools of labor econometrics/race relations research to specific problems of market/nonmarket discrimination.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?myers006+PA8312+Fall2019
Class Description:
This is a skills-based course designed to introduce students of applied economics, policy analysis and other applied social sciences to the tools of measuring and detecting discrimination in market and non-market contexts. The focus is on the application of the modern tools of labor econometrics and race relation research to specific problems of market and non-market discrimination. Students will read and critique classic journal articles on the economics of discrimination. They will also work through several exercises designed to sharpen empirical skills related to analyzing discrimination. Students are expected to have a working knowledge of intermediate microeconomics, basic statistics and regression analysis and some familiarity with STATA, SPSS, SAS or similar software programs.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33080/1199
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/myers006_PA8312_Fall2017.docx (Fall 2017)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 April 2014

Fall 2019  |  PA 8312 Section 002: Analysis of Discrimination (33081)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Tue 05:30PM - 06:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 85
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Enrollment Status:
Open (12 of 25 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
Policy analysis/other applied social sciences as tools for measuring/detecting discrimination in market/nonmarket contexts. Application of modern tools of labor econometrics/race relations research to specific problems of market/nonmarket discrimination.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?myers006+PA8312+Fall2019
Class Description:
This is a skills-based course designed to introduce students of applied economics, policy analysis and other applied social sciences to the tools of measuring and detecting discrimination in market and non-market contexts. The focus is on the application of the modern tools of labor econometrics and race relation research to specific problems of market and non-market discrimination. Students will read and critique classic journal articles on the economics of discrimination. They will also work through several exercises designed to sharpen empirical skills related to analyzing discrimination. Students are expected to have a working knowledge of intermediate microeconomics, basic statistics and regression analysis and some familiarity with STATA, SPSS, SAS or similar software programs.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33081/1199
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/myers006_PA8312_Fall2017.docx (Fall 2017)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 April 2014

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