ECON 3485

Economics of the Labor Market in the 21st Century

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course examines economic approaches to how new technologies impact the labor market. We will study how new technologies affect the nature of jobs and tasks, the nature and flexibility of work contracts, as well as how firms and workers search and find each other. We will discuss the emergence of flexible work arrangements (gig economy, teleworking). The goal is to learn how economists approach and analyze these phenomena, both theoretically and empirically.

Prerequisites ECON 1110 and ECON 1120; or ILRLE 2400

Enrollment Priority Enrollment preference given to: ILRLE 3460: ILR juniors and seniors. ECON 3485: undergraduate sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

Distribution Requirements (SBA-AG), (ICE-IL, QP-IL)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2023SP, 2021FA, 2021SP

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