SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
                   Department of Economics

ECON 381-4  LABOUR ECONOMICS

Semester:  Spring 2002                  Instructor:  D. Maki
                                        Office:  WMX 4667
                                        Email:  maki@sfu.ca

Text:  Benjamin, Dwayne, Morley Gunderson and W. Craig
Riddell, Labour Market Economics:  Theory, Evidence and
Policy in Canada, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1998.

                       COURSE OUTLINE
                              
Week           Topic and Text Chapter

1-3            Introduction and Labour Supply
                   Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4

4              Labour Demand
                   Chapters 5, 6

5-6            Market Clearing
                   Chapters 7, 8

7-8            Midterm Examination
               Human Capital Theory
                   Chapter 9

9              Immigration
                   Chapter 11

10             Discrimination
                   Chapter 12

11             Compensation Systems
                   Chapter 13

12-13          Unemployment
                   Chapters 17, 18, 19

                          GRADING
                              
           Midterm Examination (two hours)   50%
           Final Examination (two hours)     50%