Text Box: Labour Economics is the study of how labour markets work.  Of course, most people will spend much of there lives participating in one labour market or another so understanding the role that wages, preferences, contracts, unions, and other labor market factors play in making workers happy and/or productive is generally interesting   But Labour economics covers so much more....   Modern labour markets considers many interesting settings: immigration, illegal markets, discrimination, health/safety/insurance regulations, inequality, and more!  Many interesting questions both in first world and developing economies and a range of issues from the private to the public sector. [See the full range of topics taught]   Do you want to learn cutting edge empirical methods? Labour economics has been at the forefront of developing methods on cause and effect.  If you're interested in policy evaluation or many other kinds of empirical investigations, Labour Economics may provide you with the best tools.  [See what you will learn about empirical methods.]