PPT-CHAPTER 8 The Urban Labor Market

Introduction This chapter explores the workings of the urban labor market Who benefits from an increase in total employment How does tax policy affect total employment What are the economic effects of professional sports teams and megaevents such as the World Cup. Flexibility in the Face of a Global Financial Crisis. CEA Conference on Global Economic Recovery: the Role of China and Other Emerging Economies, University of Oxford, July 12-13, 2010. Albert Park, University of Oxford, CEPR, and IZA. Chapter 18. Outline. The Demand for Labor and . the Marginal . Product of Labor. Supply of Labor. Labor Market Issues. How Bad Is Labor . Market Discrimination. , or Can Lakisha . Catch a . Break?. 2. By Tanya Maria Golash-Boza. . Earning and Labor Market Inequality Represents a Large Gap . “… in 2013, the United States had more income inequality than Mexico … inequality is mapped on race and gender lines” (p. 237). The labor market environment, institutions, rules, norms, and trends – as they relate to cash-for-work. “The Labor Market Chain” Market Actors and their Linkages. Key Influences on the Labor Market. the. Great . Recession. Productivity. Puzzles in Europe. January. 23. rd. 2015 . Cepremap. ,. ENS. , Paris. Lutz Bellmann. Hans-Dieter Gerner. Marie-Christine Laible . Motivation. D. eviation . from. Turkey’s State Planning Organization. World Bank. MAIN FINDINGS. Women . with poor levels of education. , especially in urban areas: . Have access to jobs that offer low wages and harsh . working conditions.. , . and. . Wages. Chapter 8. © Dünhaupt, Dullien, Goodwin, Harris, Nelson, Roach, . Torras. Learning goals. After . today‘s. . lecture. , . you. . will . be. . able. . to. :. explain . how employment and unemployment are officially measured.. Labor Market Data 101. What . are we actually talking about when we say “Labor Market Data”?. Who collects it and how?. What are industries?. What are occupations?. What are demographics?. Why is understanding this data important?. Michelle Van . Noy. and Jennifer Cleary. TCI Research Symposium: Evidence of What Works in TAACCCT. Chicago, IL. November 10, 2015. Increasingly, policy initiatives, including TAACCCT, focus on having colleges align their programs with the needs of the labor market to improve outcomes for employers and students. . Discrimination. Introduction to Microeconomics. Udayan Roy. Earnings Variations. Differences in Earnings in the United States Today. The typical physician earns about $200,000 a year.. The typical police officer earns about $50,000 a year.. Students will be able to identify and/or define the following terms:. Historical Changes Affecting the Labor Market. Women and the Labor Market. Contingent Employment. The Learning Effect. The Screening Effect. The Factor Market. Factors of Production. Natural Resources (land). Labor. Capital (Production Capital). The Factor Market. Natural Resources (land). The gifts of nature. . that are at our disposal (land, water, air …). Short Run Labor Demand. Short run. short enough period of time that capital is fixed. Marginal Product of Labor (MP. L. ) . . increase in output (Q) from adding one unit of labor (L), holding other inputs constant.. Students will be able to identify and/or define the following terms:. Historical Changes Affecting the Labor Market. Women and the Labor Market. Contingent Employment. The Learning Effect. The Screening Effect.