ECON 3410 — Labor Economics

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLabNUpath DDNUpath SIusually offered: falltypical days: MBostonTraditional

Emphasizes an economic analysis of the labor market, the labor force, and wages and earnings. Explores the differences that have existed and currently exist in the labor market with regard to race, ethnicity, and gender and the theories behind why they have existed and continue to exist. Covers supply, development, and efficient use of human resources; demand for labor by businesses and industries; wage inequality and its determinants; changing occupational and industrial structure; nature, causes, and incidence of unemployment; economic impact of unions; and influence of related labor-market institutions and relevant public policies including minimum wages, wage subsidies, and earned-income tax credits; health and safety regulations (OSHA); and antidiscrimination and affirmative action policies and programs.

Prerequisites

all of:
- ECON 1116 (min D-)
- one of:
  - ECON 2350 (min D-)
  - MATH 2280 (min D-)
  - MATH 3081 (min D-)
  - MGSC 2301 (min D-)
  - POLS 2400 (min D-)
  - PSYC 2320 (min D-)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	1	36	40	90%	4.0
Spring 2025	1	42	45	93%	3.0
Fall 2025	1	41	43	95%	2.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 65% · T 35% · W 34% · Th 34% · F 0%

Common patterns: T (35% of sections), MWR (34% of sections), M (30% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Abdul Mughal (53% of students) · reviews
Mindy Marks (47% of students) · reviews

Spring

Abdul Mughal (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

Official catalog (ECON course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ECON courses · Plan it at numap.app