Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
As long as you attend all the lectures and can complete the homework and in-class exercises by yourself, you can almost definitely get an A!Rate My Professors ↗
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Chao Fu
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Professor Chao Fu is an incredible instructor! She's extremely helpful, explains everything thoroughly with clear, logical structure, and her detailed slides, in-class exercises, and homework closely reflect the exams. I highly recommend going to every lecture: absolutely worth it to hear her walk through each concept and example in detail.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
The content is definitely very challenging, and the exams are tough, but she is definitely one of the better professors I've had here. Lectures aren't mandatory, but I would heavily recommend attending all of them. Great lecturer overall, and if you are looking to fulfill your advanced Econ credits, I would highly recommend this class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
You gotta attend the lectures, you can't get what you need from the textbook but you absolutely can from Professor Fu. Very good lecturer, goes into all the nuances and really tries to make things make sense within the broader context of econ. One of the best professors I've had at UW!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
For Econ 450 Wages and the Labor Market, you do not need the textbook at all. All slides are posted. Don't spend your money.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
Prof Fu really does not grasp the concept of engaged teaching. She really just reads off the slides and is ultra boring. Anybody can get a B though so I suppose that makes up for it.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Chao Fu
ECON 450
Wages and the Labor Market
3–4 creditsExamines economic and institutional forces determining labor supply/demand, covering wage theories, unemployment, labor mobility, and market functioning.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Chao FU
Professor Chao Fu taught lectures with in-class exercises and homework; some students reported these materials closely reflected exams, while others found exams much harder than practice problems. Students who attended every lecture and completed the work independently reported earning an A, though others described the exams as challenging.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Recorded teaching history
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