Re: books for Labor Economics

["Monique Morrissey" <morrissey-duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You might consider using David Card and Alan Krueger's "Myth and Measurement" as a case study.  This is a compilation of Card & Krueger's articles on the minimum wage, notably those showing a negligible disemployment effect of increases in the minimum wage.  It is inexpensive in paperback.  I learned more about labor economics and econometrics from Card & Krueger than I did from either my labor economics class or my econometrics class, both taught by the same conservative professor.  If you want to show both sides of the debate, there's also a short paperback on the same topic published by Cato or Heritage or somesuch.

 

--Monique Morrissey (perpetual ABD)

----- Original Message -----

From: Nancy Rose

To: pkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 7:15 PM

Subject: books for Labor Economics

Hi,

This coming winter I'm teaching a course in Labor Economics for the first time.  I would appreciate any suggestions that folks have about books that you have used in such a course, or books that you would consider using if you taught Labor. 

Thanks,

Nancy

Nancy E. Rose, Professor and Chair
Department of Economics
California State University
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San Bernardino, CA  92407-2397

 

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