Inequality, Economic Opportunity and Public Policy

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Overview

Subject area

ECON

Catalog Number

85600

Course Title

Inequality, Economic Opportunity and Public Policy

Department(s)

Description

This course offers an economic analysis of inequality and its relationship to economic opportunity. Theories of human capital development and intergenerational mobility or reviewed to motivate the empirical study of socio-economic inequalities and the implications for the conduct of public policy, including early child learning, schooling, health care, income support, and taxation.

Typically Offered

Offer as needed

Academic Career

Graduate School Graduate

Liberal Arts

No

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Seminar

Hours

3

Course Schedule