Readings and Sources

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Source for HW #2
 
Vaillancourt, Francois, "The Private and Total Returns to Education in Canada", Canadian Journal of Economics 28, 1995,532-54, available from JSTOR.
 

Original Articles on Key Concepts Covered in the Class
 
Which articles will be covered on the in-class exam will be determined by Reading Week
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Diamond, Peter A. "Wage Determination and Efficiency in Search Equilibrium," The Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 49, No. 2. (Apr., 1982), pp. 217-227, available from JSTOR
McCall, J. J. "Economics of Information and Job Search," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 84, No. 1. (Feb., 1970), pp. 113-126. Available from JSTOR.
Nash, John F. "The Bargaining Problem," Econometrica, Vol. 18, No. 2. (Apr., 1950), pp. 155-162, available from JSTOR.
Smith, Adam, The Wealth of Nations. The full text is available from Project Gutenberg or Bibliomania
CHAPTER VIII. OF THE WAGES OF LABOUR.
CHAPTER X. OF WAGES AND PROFIT IN THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF LABOUR AND STOCK.
Roy, A. D. "Some Thoughts on the Distribution of Earnings" Oxford Economic Papers 3, 1951, 135-146, available from JSTOR
Spence, Michael, "Job Market Signalling," Quarterly Journal of Economics 87, 1973, 355-374, available from JSTOR
 
Some Supplementary Articles
 
Weiss, Andrew. "Human Capital vs. Signalling Explanations of Wages," The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 9, No. 4. (Autumn, 1995), pp. 133-154. Available from JSTOR.
Fitzgerald, Terry. 1998. “An Introduction to the Search Theory of Unemployment,” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Review QIII, pp. 2-15. Available as a PDF.