LABOR ECONOMICS RESEARCH TOPIC LIST

Fall 2009

 

Click on each topic for details.  Claim a topic by email or in class.  See syllabus for further instructions.

1.    marital status and labor supply CLAIMED 13.  occupational segregation vs. occupational discrimination CLAIMED
2.    compensating differentials in professional sports CLAIMED 14.  exit voice and labor unions CLAIMED
3.    the market for university professors (highly-skilled labor) CLAIMED 15.  the added worker syndrome CLAIMED
4.    regional differences in wages CLAIMED 16.  compensating police CLAIMED
5.    alternative time allocation 17.  golf tournaments
6.    labor complementarities and substitutabilities in sports CLAIMED 18.  the disabled and the elderly CLAIMED
7.    living wages CLAIMED 19.  smoking and labor-market performance CLAIMED
8.    incentive compensation in sports CLAIMED 20.  teen labor and its prominence CLAIMED
9.    work injury CLAIMED 21.  the costs of labor supply CLAIMED
10.  general vs. specific training in sports CLAIMED 22.  corporate CEO turnover CLAIMED
11.  fertility and labor economics 23.  labor market dynamics CLAIMED
12.  immigration laws and labor markets CLAIMED 24.  plant closings and retraining CLAIMED

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