ECON 244U.S. Labor Markets and Public Programs since 1940
Economics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Designed for PhD students. Introduction to current research at intersection of labor economics, public economics, and U.S. economic history, focusing on period after 1940. Topics include economic and wage inequality; intergenerational mobility; increasing (and stalling) educational attainment; changes in health and health care; Great Migration; gender gap in pay and rise of married women’s market work; baby boom and bust; racial inequality from slavery to Civil Rights era; and war on poverty.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.