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4407: Labour Economics (Micro perspective) ( efterår 2010 - 10 ECTS )

Rammer for udbud

  • Uddannelsessprog: engelsk
  • Niveau:   COURSE LEVEL: Elective master level (IMSQE)  
  • Semester/kvarter:   SEMESTER FOR WHICH THE COURSE HAS BEEN APPROVED:  Fall 2010  
  • Timer per uge:   NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 4 hours per week  
  • Deltagerbegrænsning:
  • Undervisningssted: Århus
  • Hovedområde: Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet
  • Udbud ID: 23457

Formål

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The students should be able to

• Analyze economic issues related to the labour market
• Reflect on the different theoretical and empirical methods that are used to analyse labour economic situations.
• Analyze and assess how labour market institutions affect the functioning of the labor market

 

Indhold

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The course takes a tour through modern labour economics. The main focus is on empirical and theoretical investigations on the functioning of the labour market from a microeconomic perspective. The choice of topics will vary according to the most recent research agenda in microoriented labour economics. Natural topics are how agents in the labour market react to the design of labour market institutions like unemployment insurance benefits, active labour market policies, employment protection legislation and so forth.

 

In addition, topics from other, but strongly related, fields may also be included. This could be questions related to health, education, family or integration of immigrants (to mention some obvious candidates).

 

 

The following topics will be covered:
• Labour Supply
• Education and Human Capital
• Job Search
• Labour Demand
• Compensating Wage Diffenrentials and Discrimination
• Contracts, Risk, and Incentives
• Unemployment and Inflation
• Technological Progress and Globalization
• Labour Market Policies

 

Faglige forudsætninger

4630: Microeconometrics

 

Underviser

 

LECTURER: Nina Smith and Michael Svarer

 

Undervisnings- og arbejdsform

 

TEACHING METHOD: Four lectures per week.

 

 

TEACHING LANGUAGE: English

 

Litteratur

LITERATURE:

Book: Cahuc & Zylverberg (2004): Labour Economics, MIT Press

Articles: Selected articles

Total number of pages max 600.

 

Bedømmelse

  • Mdt. + mat., bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
    • 5 xxxxx

 

FORM OF ASSESSMENT: Oral exam (20 min.)

 

EXAMINATION AIDS ALLOWED: None