Labor Economics
Labor economics is the study of the relation of labor to capital. The economist must make a normative decision to be on the side of labor or the side of capital. Some universities are pro labor and others are pro capital. If you want a good job after graduating, it is wise to be on the side of pro capital. Would you want to hire someone for you corporation that was on the labor side? If you are pro labor, you will likely end up in academia or unemployed.
Some code names for labor economics are feminist economics, Marxist economics, gender economics, education economics, and more.
Some schools have a lot of schools with labor economists and others will be pro capital. The division is so intense that a capitalistic professor will not want to hear anything at all about labor economics. If you go to the wrong school, you will have to change your beliefs to graduate.
Look for schools that favor your discipline. If you want money, look for pro capitalistic schools that are Ivy League.
One way to know a school loves the labor side of the equation is if they spell labor like this, labour. Why? That is the way Karl Marx spells labour.
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