Program Overview

Labor Economics (Ⅱ)

Course Information

• Serial Number: 17690
• Course Number: ECON5212
• Course Identifier: 323 U2170
• Credits: 3
• Type: Elective
• Department: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS / GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS
• Instructor: KUAN-MING CHEN
• Class Schedule: Tue 7 / Sat C, D
• Classroom: 社科306
• Language: English

Course Details

• Student Quota: 48 (NTU 42 + non-NTU 6)
• Specialization Program: No Specialization Program
• Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning: Available
• Notes: The course is conducted in English.

Enrollment and Course Limits

• Limits on Course Adding / Dropping: Restriction: juniors and beyond or Restriction: MA students and beyond or Restriction: Ph. D students
• Enrollment Status: NTU students only
• Enrolled: 6/42
• Remaining: 36
• Registered: 0

Course Objectives and Requirements

• Course Objective:
  • Understand and apply key identification strategies in applied microeconomics
  • Work with real-world datasets, including administrative and survey data
  • Build efficient and reproducible code using modern tools (e.g., GitHub, VS Code, OpenAI)
  • Analyze empirical papers critically and constructively
  • Propose and carry out your own empirical labor project
• Expected weekly study hours before and/or after class: 10 hours per week outside of class
• Office Hour: Tue | 15:20 - 16:30

Course Materials and References

• Designated Reading:
  • Angrist and Pischke (2008) – Chapters 1–5 (for econometric review)
  • Chiappori (2017) - For matching and marriage
  • Browning et al. (2014) – For family decision models

Assessment and Evaluation

• Grading:
  • Problem Sets: 20%
  • Quiz: 10%
  • Presentations: 10%
  • Peer Feedback and Participation: 10%
  • Final Report: 50%
• Adjustment methods for students: A2 - 以錄影輔助 (Assisted by video)