Related UW Courses
Demography is a major subfield within the discipline of sociology and is also an interdisciplinary science that links sociology with statistics, geography, economics, anthropology, psychology, epidemiology, and related social and biological sciences. Below is a list of graduate level courses in demography and population studies offered by CSDE and by individual departments and schools at UW.
Economics
ECON 541 : Labor Economics I: Economic Decision-making by Individuals and Households (Lundberg) |
Theoretical modeling and empirical investigation of decisions made by individuals and by families: the allocation of time to market work, household production and leisure. The determinants of wages, in particular recent changes in the wage structure in developed economies, and the sources of wage disparities across groups. |
ECON 542 : Labor Economics II: Labor Demand and Supply, Human Capital, and Labor Market Dynamics (Lundberg) |
Static and dynamic models of the firm's demand for labor, with applications to monopsony and minimum wages, investments in human capital through formal education, training, and consumption of health services, and the dynamics of worker-firm matching and unemployment. |
ECON 543 : Population Economics, Spring |
Analysis of population issues from an economic perspective: marriage, fertility, investments in health and education. Focus is on household behavior in developed and developing countries, and includes theory and empirical techniques.
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ECON 591 : Microeconomics of Development |
Theoretical and empirical advances in the microeconomics of development. The agricultural household model, sharecropping, technology adoption, risk sharing and income smoothing, credit markets, program evaluation. |
ECON 598 : Research Seminar in Labor and Development |
Provides an opportunity to practice research and presentation skills in applied and theoretical macroeconomics. Students develop and refine thesis topics under faculty supervision. Peer criticism a significant part of participation requirement. |
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