The Program in Labor and Social Insurance
supports research, teaching, and dissertation supervision in labor economics
and related subject areas as part of the Department of Economics and Center
for Economic Research at The George Washington University. The current
research interests of program members include a wide range of analytical
and policy related studies in the following areas:
- Labor Markets and Human Capital
- Social Insurance Program Design
- Demographic Economics
- Methodology
The Department of Economics offers both graduate and undergraduate courses
in labor economics and related fields. Graduate training includes a two
course sequence on labor market structure emphasizing theoretical and
econometric modeling, with related course work in social insurance design,
cost-benefit analysis, tax incidence theory and policy, demography, and
applied micro-econometric methods. Undergraduate course offerings include
labor economics, human resources, and the economics of crime.
Members of the Program in Labor Studies include:
- Donald
O. Parsons, Professor of Economics and Program Director
- Bryan L. Boulier, Professor
of Economics
- Joseph J.
Cordes, Professor of Economics and Director of the Ph.D. Program
in Public Policy
- Robert
S. Goldfarb, Professor of Economics
- Stephen C. Smith, Professor
of Economics
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