Labour Economics

Code:

2ECON12

Acronym:

ET

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2013/2014 - 2S (of 10-02-2014 to 06-06-2014)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Agrupamento Científico de Economia
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Economics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ME	38	Bologna Syllabus	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with major topics in labor economics and enabling them to conduct independent studies of real labor markets.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the course, students are expected to understand how real contemporary labor markets work and the theoretical and empirical tools economists use to explain real labor markets phenomena.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Econometrics at an introductory level.

Program

1.       Schooling and Human Capital

1.1.    Human Capital theory

1.2.    Wage equations

1.3.    Discrimination

2.       Job search

2.1.    Reservation wage

2.2.    Unemployment benefits and job search

2.3.    Empirical analysis of unemployment-to-employment transitions 

3.       Employment reallocation

3.1.    Job creation and job destruction

3.2.    Worker turnover 

4.       Institutions and policy

4.1.    Minimum wages

4.2.    Active labor market programs 

5.       Change and the labor market

5.1.    Technological change

5.2.    Globalization

5.3.    Migrations

 

Mandatory literature

Cahuc, Pierre; Labor economics. ISBN: 0-262-03316-X
Boeri, Tito; The economics of imperfect labor markets. ISBN: 978-0-691-13735-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classroom training and computer lab sessions.

 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Students may choose between two writing two papers and final exam. The two papers option is available only to students attending a minimum of 75% of all classroom sessions.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade is the non-weighted average of the grades in the mid-term and final papers or the final exam grade.