1 credit
Spring 2026 Distance Learning Upper DivisionData from last updated 12/30/2025
Spring 2026
Spring 2026 Instructors:
This course is an applied economics course that focuses on racial discrimination in the labor market. We will use the tools you have developed so far in the MA program to study the extent, causes and consequences of disparities in wages and employment by race.
Learning Outcomes1Quantify racial and gender disparities in economic outcomes.
2Recognize leading theories for those disparities.
3Evaluate empirical evidence for these theories.
4Assess policy responses to alleviate disparities.
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