ECON 590

Spring 2023 Part of Term 1

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Jan 17-May 3

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ECON 590 class schedule data for spring 2023
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	64416	Lecture-Discussion	3Y2	3:30PM -4:50PM	MW	David Kinley Hall	Deltas, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: 3rd Year Paper Workshop Section Info: All Economics PhD students in their 3rd year of the program as of the start date of this course should register for this CRN. Contact Dr. Deltas for details. Restriction(s): Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
	49467	Lecture-Discussion	M1	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	David Kinley Hall	Akresh, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Development Economics Section Info: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: examines microeconomic development issues in poor countries. We examine research on health, cash transfers, early childhood development, education, risk-sharing, and the causes and welfare impacts of conflict. Much of the focus is on using empirical methods to measure the causal impact of development programs. We study specific programs that have worked in improving health/education/child outcomes and we discuss how economists evaluate the effectiveness of these programs. PREREQUISITES: Econ 500, Econ 502, and enrolled in Econ 503 in the current semester. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
	33702	Lecture-Discussion	M2	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Sun, Y	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Labor Mkt Regs Around the Wrld Section Info: LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS AROUND THE WORLD: Labor market regulation is an important area of public policy. This course provides an overview of labor market regulation in a number of countries that represent different stages of economic development. We will focus on the impact of various labor market regulations, including minimum wages, employment protections, collective bargaining rights, and social security laws, on earnings, employment, productivity, and a country’s overall economic growth. Students should gain deeper understanding of the great variations in labor market regulations around the world, and critically analyze its important impact on various labor market outcomes and a country’s overall economic growth. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
	64077	Lecture-Discussion	M3	12:30PM -3:20PM	M	David Kinley Hall	Hewings, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Regional Economics Section Info: REGIONAL ECONOMICS: focuses on the way in which subnational economies within a country (such as states) operate and function. Attention will be focused on how the regional economy works, its dependence on local and imported goods and services, the role of regional business cycles and the ways in which regions compete. Regional analysis aims to uncover the dynamics of location decision-making of both firms and individuals and the impacts these decisions have on the structure and structural changes of regional economies. Special attention will be directed to issues surrounding the role of households as providers of labor and consumers and the way their location decisions affect the growth and development of regional economies. The final parts of the course will address regional policies and equity-efficiency trade-offs, drawing on analysis in the US, EU and selected developing economies. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
	58691	Lecture-Discussion	M4	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	Gregory Hall	Bilias, Y	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Applied Machine Learning: Econ Section Info: APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING: ECON \| Students will gain exposure to a variety of data science topics such as data wrangling and cleaning, exploratory data analysis, inference, and prediction in Python. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
	33703	Lecture-Discussion	P1	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Albouy, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Applied Urban Economics Section Info: APPLIED URBAN ECONOMICS: This course takes a hands-on approach to modeling issues in urban economics using empirical methods. The class will revolve primarily around in-depth readings of recent research papers in urban economics involving a range of reduced-form and structural methods. The class will also manipulate data and produce regression results for several of these papers. In the process, we will touch on topics related to regional mobility, spatial equilibrium, regional inequalities, residential segregation, workplace sorting, agglomeration economies, amenity valuation, housing affordability, and federal and local economic policy Restriction(s): Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
	61848	Lecture-Discussion	P2	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	David Kinley Hall	Lee, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Financial Econometrics Section Info: FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS: Description coming soon! Restriction(s): Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
	69410	Seminar	RW1	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Osman, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Applied Micro Research Lunch Section Info: This is reserved for Ph.D. students in Economics. Restriction(s): Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
	33704	Seminar	RW2	12:30PM -1:50PM	R	David Kinley Hall	Xie, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Macroeconomic Research Wrkshp Section Info: Macroeconomic-focused PhD students in the Department of Economics are invited to develop their research with the macroeconomic faculty. Restriction(s): Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.
	67461	Seminar	RW3	3:30PM -5:20PM	MWF	David Kinley Hall	Bernhardt, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Job Market Research Workshop Restriction(s): Restricted to PHD:Economics -UIUC.

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