Economics of the Labor Market in the 21st Century

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This course examines economic approaches to how new technologies impact the labor market. We will study how new technologies affect the nature of jobs and tasks, the nature and flexibility of work contracts, as well as how firms and workers search and find each other. We will discuss the emergence of flexible work arrangements (gig economy, teleworking). The goal is to learn how economists approach and analyze these phenomena, both theoretically and empirically.