The course provides a survey of labor economics. It covers the basic theory of wage determination and human capital, along with numerous applied topics, from slavery and discrimination to safety regulation and crime. Most of the course material will consist in detailed notes that will be handed out in class. These weights are fixed - improvement on later exams will not retroactively raise your grades on earlier exams.
Late homework loses one point.
Late homework is no longer accepted after I pass out my suggested answers for a given assignment. My proposed schedule for the semester follows. If it proves too ambitious, I will try to simply say less about each topic rather than cut the topics for the final weeks.