Labor Economics (ILRLE)Industrial and Labor Relations
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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.
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- Schedule of Classes - October 30, 2025 7:09PM EDT
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    ILRLE 2400
    
          
        
  
 
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Applies the theory and elementary tools of economics to the characteristics and problems of the labor market. Considers both the demand (employer) and supply (employee) sides of the market to gain a deeper ... view course details
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit)) 
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        Meeting Pattern- TR
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Thomas, S 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students must meet with an advisor in the Office of Student Services to request permission to drop after the add deadline. 
- Regular Academic Session. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit)) 
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Sockin, J 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students must meet with an advisor in the Office of Student Services to request permission to drop after the add deadline. 
- Regular Academic Session. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit)) 
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        Class Number & Section Details
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Smith, R 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) students must meet with an advisor in the Office of Student Services to request permission to drop after the add deadline. 
 This is an Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Sophomore Writing Requirement class. Enrollment limited to: ILR sophomores, others by permission of instructor.
    
    ILRLE 3445
    
          
        
  
 
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Is the U.S. college system a great equalizer or a cause of growing inequality? Improved access to higher education has brought millions of Americans into the middle class, and yet rising selectivity has ... view course details
    
    ILRLE 3460
    
          
        
  
 
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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, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 3485 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
    
    ILRLE 3465
    
          
        
  
 
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Should policy interventions target inequality between workers or disparities between places? Inequality has risen in most developed countries in recent decades. While top incomes have grown significantly, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 3465 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit)) 
    
    ILRLE 3550
    
          
        
  
 
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The economics of education is about understanding how and why people make decisions to invest in education, the effect of education on long-term social and economic outcomes, the behavior of those institutions ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 3760, PUBPOL 3550 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
    
    ILRLE 4430
    
          
        
  
 
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Examines topics in labor economics of particular relevance to individual managers and firms. Representative topics include recruitment, screening, and hiring strategies; compensation (including retirement ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 3430 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit)) 
    
    ILRLE 4440
    
          
        
  
 
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Surveys the history of social policy in Great Britain and the United States from 1800 to the adoption of the British welfare state after World War II. Topics include the role of poor relief in the early ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 3340 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit)) 
    
    ILRLE 5400
    
          
        
  
 
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This is a course in labor market economics for prospective managers in the corporate, union, not-for-profit, and public sectors. The course begins with demand and supply in labor markets, presenting the ... view course details
    
    ILRLE 7455
    
          
        
  
 
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Since the 1980s, American cities have exhibited increasingly divergent trends. This Great Divergence has had profound effects on local employment, income, political preferences, health outcomes, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 7455 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    ILRLE 9400
    
          
        
  
 
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Research workshop featuring guests lecturers. Presentations of completed papers and work in progress by faculty members, advanced graduate students, and speakers from other universities. Focuses on the ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 7845 
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                Credits and Grading Basis1.5 Credits S/U NoAud(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (no audit)) 
    
    ILRLE 9450
    
          
        
  
 
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The aim of the course “Model Building for Applied (Labor) Economists” is to equip applied researchers with the tools to formalize their theories in terms of mathematical economic models. In contrast to ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 7450 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
