Information technology and the labor market

Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session

In this course, we will explore how information technology is reshaping different dimensions of the U.S. labor market: the way work is organized, the mix of occupations, the skills required to perform in an occupation, economy-wide labor productivity, and the distribution of wages.

Much of our analysis begins from the following ideas:

Grading will be based on periodic problem sets, a mid-term, a final exam and a 20-page paper. Each paper will be written by a pair of students and will describe how a computer might eliminate or enhance (substitute or complement) a job that is currently performed by humans.

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