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MobLab's Simple Labor Market Game for Students

Published by Christopher Elce • 2 days ago

Today's labor market is seeing high demand for Gen Z workers. Teach students the economics of seeking (or declining) work with MobLab's Simple Labor Market game. Read on to learn more!

In the center, people looking for jobs, on the left someone considering other options to working, on the right an employer making a job offer

trucks making deliveries of beer to warehouses, demand curve shooting up, orange background

Teach supply chain economics and the bullwhip effect with MobLab

Help students understand the bullwhip effect in supply chain operations with MobLab's Beer Game!

3 doors to choose from with light bulbs on top with the middle door's bulb lit, question marks by all the doors

MobLab's Monty Hall Games and Bayesian Statistics

Introduce Bayesian statistics to students with MobLab's Monty Hall game! Read on to see whether it's a good idea to stick with your first choice or switch to another.

Chat boxes and a clock at the center, a worker descending from a plane on the right, a manager on the left

Teaching The Economics of “Quiet Quitting” & Game Theory Concepts with Minimum Effort

Quiet Quitting is all over social media and business news recently. Use MobLab's Minimum Effort game to teach students the impact of quiet quitting and how it's an example of game theory!

Meteors falling and about to hit houses, a yellow spiral on the right

Insurance Market & Asymmetric Information

Ever have to make a purchase decision without having complete information? Help students understand asymmetric information and adverse selection with this insurance market simulation!

Graph of inflation rate rising surrounded by cars, rent, food, and clothes

Understanding Interest Rates, Inflation, and Uncertainty with MobLab Games

Help students learn and understand the macroeconomic uncertainty behind inflation and interest rates by playing a MobLab game!

orange fish swimming and anchors near them

Something Fishy - Tragedy of the Commons: Fishery Game

Check out a couple tips we have for running the classic Tragedy of the Commons fishing game for your classroom!

Illustration of a man with his palm up, red pill on the left and blue pill on the right

MobLab Inside the (Prisoner’s Dilemma) Matrix

Dive deeper into the Prisoner's Dilemma rabbit hole with MobLab's pre-built matrix games. Learn how we make learning about Nash equilibrium fun and easy!

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Resources for Teaching Economics: Ways To Encourage Students To Talk

Getting students to join in classroom discussions can be challenging, but MobLab can help! Check out some easy tips that will spark student engagement!

3 question mark ballons at the center and an alarm clock on the left

Teaching Economic Theory & The Importance of Reflection

MobLab is known for its games to help classes be more interactive, but equally important to experiential learning is reflection. Check out our tips for how to incorporate reflection for student learning with MobLab surveys.

MobLab's Competitive Market game screenshot and post game results in the center, green background

Teaching Economics Through Games With MobLab

Check out what happened when MobLab showed graduate assistants how to teach with our Competitive Market game and surveys!

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Teaching Cryptocurrency Investing with MobLab’s Centipede Game

Talking to your students about cryptocurrency is just the start! Show them the risks of a rug pull with the MobLab Centipede game. Read this blog post to learn more!

Dotted graph increasing towards a price cap, an orange on the left of the graph, a money bag on the right of the graph, and the Online Assignment globe on the far right

New! Teaching Price Controls in Economics with MobLab Online Assignments

MobLab debuts Price Controls in Online Assignments! Using the Competitive Market game, teach how a price ceiling and a price floor impacts the market and tie this all to real world examples.

MobLab Externalities game's robot dog next to a graph with the MobLab game, survey, and copy icons

5 Useful Learning Outcomes Examples for Economics Students

Results matter! Use MobLab to help students achieve these 5 learning outcomes!

New! Public Goods Module Debuts in Online Assignments

Public Goods Online Assignment debuts on MobLab! Learn how easy it is to see if your students will choose to contribute or become a free rider in these games.

Plot graph with a bag of money on the left and a stack of coins on the right

Understanding Mergers with MobLab

How do mergers impact the stock market? Read more to see how MobLab's Asset Market game can help demonstrate potential outcomes!

MobLab survey at the center with oranges surrounding it

New! Teaching Elasticity in Economics with MobLab Online Assignments

Learning Elasticity just got more intuitive with this new Online Assignment module!

MobLab's Comparative Advantage orange and blue food trucks facing each other and dollar signs are between them, also hamburger and fries are next to the food trucks

The Costs of Doing Business

Help your students learn about opportunity costs by applying it with to their daily life decisions and in business with MobLab's Comparative Advantage game. Read on to learn more!

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Resources for Economics Teachers: MobLab FAQs by Instructors

MobLab is an easy-to-master, powerful tool for instructors, but questions can come up for first-time users. Here are the answers to some questions we get asked often. Check them out!

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