Labour Economics

Code:

2ECON12

Acronym:

ET

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

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	19	Bologna Syllabus	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To complement the basic knowledge on Labor Economics (referring to the knowledge acquired on the undergraduate course of Labor Economics).

Learning outcomes and competences

To give the students a solid formation on the main topics of Labor Economics.

Working method

B-learning

Program

 1. Topics in Labor Supply

1.1. Household production and family policies

1.2. Labor supply over the business cycle

1.3. Labor supply over the life cycle: retirement

1.4. Job Search

2. The wage structure

2.1. The earnings distribution

2.2. Measuring inequality

2.3. Wages and inequality

3. Labor Market Discrimination

3.1. Different forms of discrimination

3.2. Measuring discrimination

4. Labor mobility

4.1. Migration decisions

4.2. Family migration

5. Labor Unions

5.1. Determinants of union membership

5.2. Efficient bargaining

 

Mandatory literature

Borjas G.; Labor Economics, MacGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-07-110142-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive lectures and discussion.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	54,00	0,00
	Teste	3,00	50,00
	Trabalho escrito	10,00	50,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	27
	Trabalho de investigação	27
	Total:	54,00

Eligibility for exams

 Written exam + written essay

Calculation formula of final grade

50% for each part of the evaluation process