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Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Labor Economics
1. Introduction to Labor Economics
2. Labor Supply
3. Labor Demand
4. Labor Market Equilibrium
5. Compensating Wage Differentials
6. Human Capital
7. Labor Mobility
8. Labor Market Discrimination
9. Labor Unions
10. Unemployment
11. Income Inequality
12. Government Intervention in Labor Markets
10.
Unemployment
10.1.
Unemployment Measurement
10.1.1.
Defining and Measuring Unemployment
10.1.1.1.
Labor Force Concepts
10.1.1.2.
Unemployment Rate Calculation
10.1.1.3.
Labor Force Participation Rate
10.1.2.
Limitations of Official Measures
10.1.2.1.
Discouraged Workers
10.1.2.2.
Underemployment
10.1.2.3.
Hidden Unemployment
10.2.
Types of Unemployment
10.2.1.
Frictional Unemployment
10.2.1.1.
Causes and Duration
10.2.1.2.
Job Search Time
10.2.2.
Structural Unemployment
10.2.2.1.
Mismatch of Skills and Jobs
10.2.2.2.
Technological Change
10.2.2.3.
Geographic Mismatch
10.2.3.
Cyclical Unemployment
10.2.3.1.
Business Cycle Effects
10.2.3.2.
Demand Deficiency
10.2.4.
Seasonal Unemployment
10.3.
Job Search Theory
10.3.1.
Reservation Wage in Search Context
10.3.1.1.
Optimal Stopping Rule
10.3.1.2.
Search Intensity
10.3.2.
Determinants of Search Duration
10.3.2.1.
Unemployment Benefits
10.3.2.2.
Labor Market Conditions
10.3.2.3.
Search Methods
10.4.
Wage Rigidity Theories
10.4.1.
Efficiency Wages
10.4.1.1.
Shirking Model
10.4.1.2.
Turnover Model
10.4.1.3.
Adverse Selection Model
10.4.1.4.
Implications for Unemployment
10.4.2.
Implicit Contracts
10.4.2.1.
Risk Sharing Between Firms and Workers
10.4.2.2.
Wage Rigidity
10.4.3.
Insider-Outsider Theory
10.5.
Unemployment Dynamics
10.5.1.
Flows in and out of Unemployment
10.5.2.
Duration Dependence
10.5.3.
Hysteresis Effects
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