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Nov 26, 2024
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ECO 120 - (BH, CC) African Labor EconomicsSemester Hours: 3
Periodically
Work, working people and working class movements in modern Africa are the focus of this introductory course. Through contemporary and historical cross-country studies of workers in a wide variety of economic, political and institutional settings, we will evaluate rival perspectives on a host of interesting and controversial topics. These include changing occupational and industrial formations, gender and racial/ethnic gaps in jobs and income, poverty and inequality, immigration, urban informal employment, worker training and health care, labor unions, government’s regulatory and job creation roles. This is a distribution course in both the Behavioral Social Sciences and the Cross-Cultural categories.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
One introductory economics course, or LABR 001A or instructor’s permission. Credit given for ECO 120, LABR 120 or AFST 120 .
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