[SOLVED] Labor market current event summary
I need an explanation for this Writing question to help me study.
The assignment requires us to find a current event, and discuss it.
The article should be related to employment/unemployment rate, labor force participation, neoclassical model of leisure and consumption choice, income effect, substitution effect, reservation wage, labor supply elasticity, cash grant, fade-out cash grant. (not all of them need to be included but some of them)
Finding Articles:
Your news article should come from a reputable source (for example, but not limited to: The New York
Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, The Economist, Sacramento Bee, etc.), and should have been
written/published within 3 weeks of the date you submit the assignment. Some news outlets have free
online access.
Grading:
Each summary will be 5% of your grade. Grading will be based on:
Summary of the policy or issue:
Briefly describe the policy or issue in the article to someone who is unfamiliar with it. The article must be attached. (5 points)
Relevance to labor economics:
Briefly describe how this article applies to a labor economics topic that we have covered in the course. (5 points)
Theoretical predictions:
Using the material you have learned in the course, discuss the theoretical effects of the policy/issue. Although not required, you can create and reference graphs or figures if helpful.(10 points)
Conclusions:
Why might you expect (or not expect) the actual labor market consequences to differ from your theoretical predictions?(10 points)
Clarity of writing, structure, and grammar:
Although this is a short assignment, I expect the summary to be well-written, free of typos, and cohesively address all of the above components.(5 points)
Originality:
There are many issues that affect the labor market in the news every day. These assignments are a chance for you to explore a topic that is of interest to you. You should find a policy or issue that we have not discussed in detail in class, and is not an example in the textbook. (5 points)
