Labour Economics and Human Resource

Fernanda MAZZOTTA Labour Economics and Human Resource

0222200036
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
EQF7
ECONOMICS
2021/2022

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1060LESSONS
Objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL TAKE THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE ON MICROECONOMIC AND MACROECONOMIC MODELS APPLIED TO LABOR MARKET, TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONING AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PUBLIC POLICIES (ESPECIALLY ROLE OF THE STATE IN THE MODERN ECONOMY AND OF THE MAIN PUBLIC POLICIES IN THE FIELD OF THE LABOR MARKET, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO UP-TO-DATE LEGISLATIVE INTERVENTIONS) AND ALSO TO UNDERSTAND THE MODEL OF PERSONNEL ECONOMICS AND HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYSIS

CAPACITY TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE:
MORE SPECIFIC THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN LABOR DEMAND AND LABOR SUPPLY IN THE LABOR MARKET AND THEY CAN APPLY PROFESSIONALLY AND EFFICIENTLY THE THEORETICAL MODELS REGARDING IN PARTICULAR IN THE PERSONNEL ECONOMICS LITERATURE, THE ALLOCATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES, INCENTIVES AND INTERRUPTION OF THE LABOUR CONTRACT. BESIDES THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE MORE RECENT ECONOMIC PUBLIC POLICIES DEVOTED TO REDUCE THE MARKET FAILURE (AS ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION, FRICTIONS, ETC)

Prerequisites
IT'S SUGGESTED TO HAVE PRELIMINARY KNOWLEDGES OF PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION; LABOUR MARKET AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION; 2. LABOUR SUPPLY; 3. LABOUR DEMAND; 4. MARKET EQUILIBRIUM AND POLICY ANALYSIS IN LABOUR MARKET; 5. EDUCATION AND THEORY OF HUMAN CAPITAL; 6. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING; 7. HIRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE; 8. INCENTIVES EXPLICIT CONTRACTS; 9 IMPLICIT CONTRACTS; 10. ENDING OF THE LABOUR CONTRACT AND NEWS PUBLIC POLICIES; EACH TOPIC IS COVER WITH 3 LECTURE OF 2 HOUR EACH
Teaching Methods
60 HOURS OF TEACHING WITH PRACTICAL EXAMPLES, AND SEMINARS
Verification of learning
THE RESULTS WILL BE ASSESSED THROUGH AN ORAL EXAM (WITH THREE QUESTIONS AND LAST 20 MINUTES) AND A WRITTEN THESIS WHICH RESUMES A PAPER PRESENTED IN THE LAST AIEL (ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF LABOUR ECONOMIST) CONFERENCE. THE THESIS MUST BE NOT LESS OF 1000 AND NOT MORE 3000 WORDS. THE THESIS COULD BE EVALUATED A MINIMUM OF 0 TO A MAXIMUM OF 2 POINT OF BONUS, WHICH IS ADDED TO THE GRADE AT THE ORAL EXAMINATION. AS FREE CHOICE FOR THE STUDENT, DURING THE TEACHING IS POSSIBLE TO SPLIT IN TWO PARTS THE EXAM, THE FIRST ONE FINISH AT THE MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE LABOUR MARKET
Texts
MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON WEB'S PAGE, PLUS SOLOW, R.M. LABOUR MARKET AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION
BORJAS,G., LABOR ECONOMICS, MCGRAW-HILL
LAZEAR, E.P. PERSONNEL ECONOMICS FOR MANAGERS, JOHN WILEY AND SON, INC
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