Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Proposal for a New Course

Course Number & Title: BM611H – Labour Economics
L-T-P-C: 4-0-0-4
Course Content / Syllabus:

Overview of labour market; Demand for labour: labour demand elasticities, frictions in the labour market; Supply of labour: Household production, family and the life cycle; Determination of wage and wage differentials; Investments in human capital: education and training, returns to education; Worker mobility: migration, immigration and turnover; Gender, race and ethnicity in labour market; Unemployment; Contemporary issues in Indian labour market.

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