BUEC 280
Spring 2002
D. Maki
              Course Outline and Reading List

Course description:  Basic analysis of the labor market and
the industrial relations system with emphasis on the major
issues of public policy in Canada.

Text:  Christopher Bruce, Economics of Employment and
Earnings, second edition, Nelson Canada, 1995.

Week #         Material Covered

1, 2      Introduction and Labour Supply
               Bruce, Chapters 1, 2, 3 and pp. 207-212

3         Migration
               Bruce, Chapter 6

4         Retirement
               Bruce, Chapter 7

5         Labour Demand
               Bruce, Chapter 9

6, 7, 8   Trade Unions
               Bruce, Chapters 12, 13, 14

          MIDTERM EXAMINATION last class of Week 7

9        Wage Discrimination
               Bruce, Chapter 15

10        Unemployment
               Bruce, Chapters 18, 19

11        Unemployment - Policy
               Bruce, Chapter 20

12        Poverty - Policy
               Bruce, Chapter 17

13        Selected Topics and Review

Grading:  The midterm examination will count for 1/3 of the
course grade, and the final examination for 2/3, with the
exception that if a student's final examination grade is
higher relative to the mean for the examination than was the
case for the midterm grade, the course grade will be based
on the final examination grade only.  Both exams will be
short-answer essay in format.