ECON 133
Intergenerational Poverty in America
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 11, 101, 103. Enforced corequisite: course 133L. Examination of how poverty influences child development and, ultimately, their income and well-being in adulthood. Overview of poverty and intergenerational mobility in America, looking at historical trends and placing U.S. in international context. To understand why poverty is persistent across generations in U.S., study of economic model of skill formation in childhood. Consideration of existing research exploring how number of factors explain intergenerational persistence of poverty, including parental time, pollution, infant and child health, justice system, neighborhoods, stress, and preschool/education systems. Discussion of evidence on whether various public policies can improve mobility. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2024 - One of the most interesting classes I have taken at UCLA and anyone can get an A in the class. Just a heads up though, there is pretty much assignments every week that take a significant amount of time, especially the group projects, and these assignments are graded pretty strictly. The nice part is that you get feedback and you can resubmit as many times as you want up to a 100%. There is not final exam, just a final paper. This class is quite interesting and while lecture attendance isn't required, you can get extra credit from going to lecture. As long as you put in the time, you should get an A without too much stress.
Fall 2024 - One of the most interesting classes I have taken at UCLA and anyone can get an A in the class. Just a heads up though, there is pretty much assignments every week that take a significant amount of time, especially the group projects, and these assignments are graded pretty strictly. The nice part is that you get feedback and you can resubmit as many times as you want up to a 100%. There is not final exam, just a final paper. This class is quite interesting and while lecture attendance isn't required, you can get extra credit from going to lecture. As long as you put in the time, you should get an A without too much stress.
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