COURSES REGULARLY TAUGHT: Each semester, information on my courses can be found on Hofstra’s Blackboard course websites. In addition to Economic Principles courses, I most often teach the following: ECO 120. African Labor Economics Work, working people, and working class movements in modern Africa are
the focus of this introductory course. Through contemporary and historical
cross-country studies of workers in a wide variety of economic, political
and institutional settings, we will evaluate rival perspectives on a host
of interesting and controversial topics. These include: changing occupational
and industrial formations, gender and racial gaps in jobs and income,
poverty and inequality, immigration, urban informal employment, worker
training and health care, labor unions, and government’s regulatory
and job creation roles. Cross-listed as LABR 120 and AFST 120, this course
is an elective in Economics, in Labor Studies, and in Africana Studies.
Credit given for this course or ECO 120 or AFST 120, not both. This is
both a Behavioral Social Science Distribution course and a Cross-Cultural
Distribution course. ECO 121. Economics of Discrimination An inquiry into the distribution of income and wealth, with an emphasis
on opportunities and returns of minority groups, the economics of discriminatory
practices, alternatives in providing greater equity and welfare to victims
of discrimination. . This is an elective both in Economics and in Labor
Studies. The course is also a Behavioral Social Science Distribution course.
ECO 141c. Labor Economics The centrality of work in most people’s lives has made labor issues
like job growth, unemployment, skills training, pay and benefits, occupational
safety, work force diversity and inequality, immigration, trade unions,
labor-management relations, and government employment and labor market
programs subjects of great importance and debate around the world. This
course introduces students to the main theoretical perspectives and empirical
tools used by economists to explain and analyze the multifaceted interactions
of workers, employers, labor unions, regulatory agencies, and other institutions.
Through both historical and current cross-country studies, the course
develops a comparative global framework for analyzing earnings and employment
problems and policies. Cross-listed as LABR 141c, this course is required
for the B.A. in Labor Studies and for the Certificate in Labor Studies.
Credit given for this course or ECO 141c, not both. This is both an Economics
elective and a Behavioral Social Science Distribution course ECO 184. Introductory Research and Report Writing Interdisciplinary course in practical methods of empirical analysis of
a wide variety of social science issues. Basic techniques of data collection
and verification, descriptive presentations in tables and graphs. Introduction
to government, business, economic and social science computerized data
banks and to the use of the most popular spreadsheet and statistical software
for desktop computers to organize data, present them graphically and to
test hypotheses. Emphasis on applications to a range of sociological,
political, and economic questions, culminating in a term paper based on
independent empirical research of one such question. Required for completion
of B.A. in Economics. LABR 180. Senior Seminar in Labor Studies An interdisciplinary course focusing on a changing series of labor issues. Each semester, the course will be conducted by a full-time faculty member from the Labor Studies Advisory Committee, aided by occasional guest lecturers. Students produce a substantial research paper by the end of the course, after regular consultation with a member of the Labor Studies Advisory Committee.Required for completion of B.A. in Labor Studies. Prerequisite: senior standing. |
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