WAGES AND THE LABOR MARKET

ECON 450

Course Description

Economic and institutional forces which determine labor supply and demand; wage theories, wages in the economy, the labor force, unemployment, wages, labor mobility, functioning of labor markets.

Prerequisties

ECON 301 or ECON 311

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.04

2.07% from Historical

Completion Rate

97.3%

1.19% from Historical

A Rate

18.92%

19.04% from Historical

Class Size

-56.63% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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