ECON 7440 - Macro Labor

Fall (weeks 1-7). 2 credits. Student option grading.

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The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with canonical models of search and study their application in macroeconomics and labor economics. Our primary objective will be to study the most relevant frameworks for reading papers in the field - e.g., random search, directed search, wage posting, and island models. Particular emphasis will be placed on the application and quantitative evaluation of these frameworks. Our secondary objective will be to study new papers and topics at the research frontier.