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PA 8312 is also offered in Fall 2023
PA 8312 is also offered in Fall 2022
Fall 2020 | PA 8312 Section 001: Analysis of Discrimination (20741)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Enrollment Status:
Open (13 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- 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:
- Remote delivery. Class will meet synchronously on Wednesdays, 5:30 - 8;15 p.m. and Tues, 5:30 - 6:45. There will be additional asynchronous work. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?myers006+PA8312+Fall2020
- 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/20741/1209
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/myers006_PA8312_Fall2017.docx (Fall 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 April 2014
Fall 2020 | PA 8312 Section 002: Analysis of Discrimination (20742)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Laboratory
- Class Attributes:
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
Open (13 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:
- Remote delivery. Class will meet synchronously on Wednesdays, 5:30 - 8;15 p.m. and Tues, 5:30 - 6:45. There will be additional asynchronous work. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?myers006+PA8312+Fall2020
- 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/20742/1209
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/myers006_PA8312_Fall2017.docx (Fall 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 April 2014
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2020 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Samuel Myers, Jr