Economics 350, Winter 2023: Reports by Week

 

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Proposed Reports for 350

(Task Force Reports)

Groups of 4 or fewer may form on each topic.

1. Succinctly summarize role of firms and institutions in setting wages
   1. Importance of monopoly and monopsony
   2. Hedonics
   3. Pass-through literature
2. Contributions of neighborhoods, schools, and families on social mobility (intergenerational)
3. Disincentive effects of the welfare state
   1. Impacts on labor supply (participation and hours of work)
   2. Impacts on family formation
   3. Impacts on the acquisition of skills

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Report I, January 24, 2023

• Derenoncourt, Ellora. (2022). “Can You Move to Opportunity? Evidence from the Great Migration.” American Economic Review, 112(2):369-408.