Lavinia PARISI | EMPIRICAL LABOR ECONOMICS
Lavinia PARISI EMPIRICAL LABOR ECONOMICS
cod. 0223100020
EMPIRICAL LABOR ECONOMICS
| 0223100020 | |
| DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E STATISTICHE | |
| EQF7 | |
| ECONOMIA GOVERNO E AMMINISTRAZIONE | |
| 2019/2020 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018 | |
| SECONDO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECS-P/01 | 6 | 40 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS TO THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LABOUR MARKET. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANALYSE EMPIRICAL STUDIES IN LABOUR ECONOMICS AND TO REPLICATE THEM. THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO BOTH APPLY SOME BASIC STATISTICAL AND ECONOMETRIC METHODS TO SPECIFIC TOPICS RELATED TO THE LABOUR MARKET AND TO TEST WITH REAL-WORLD DATA THE MAIN LABOUR ECONOMICS THEORIES. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: 1) DEFINE A RESEARCH QUESTION RELATED TO THE LABOR MARKET AND/OR PERSONNELL ECONOMICS; 2) IDENTIFY AND/OR COLLECT DATA TO EMPIRICALLY ANSWER THIS QUESTION; 3) DEFINE AND IMPLEMENT THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; 4) PROVIDE SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE MAIN RESULTS. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| MICROECONOMICS, LABOUR ECONOMICS AND BASIC ECONOMETRICS |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| COURSE CONTENT: 1)INTRODUCTION TO THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS IN LABOR ECONOMICS, MAIN RESULTS; 2) DATA TYPES AND COLLECTION; 3) IDENTIFICATION STRATEGIES AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES; 4) INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR AND NON LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS, 5)LABOUR SUPPLY AND WAGE EQUATION 6) SAMPLE SELECTION MODEL; 7)LABOUR MARKET DISCRIMINATION; 8) INTRODUCTION TO SURVIVAL ANALYSIS TO ANALYSE UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| 40 HOURS OF FRONTAL LECTURES SUPPORTED BY APPLIED LABS. STUDENTS WILL LEARN DURING LECTURES EMPIRICAL STUDIES AND THEY WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO REPLICATE SOME OF THEM IN LABS. |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| EMPIRICAL PROJECT (50% OF THE FINAL MARK) AND FINAL WRITTEN EXAM (50% OF THE FINAL MARK). TJE EMPIRICAL PROJECT WILL CONSIST IN A WRITTEN DISSERTATION AND ITS PRESENTATION ON A EMPIRICAL LABOUR TOPIC. THE FINAL TEST WILL CONSIST OF OPEN QUESTIONS ON THE TOPICS COVERED BY THE COURSE. A MINIMUM SCORE OF 18/30 IN BOTH THE EMPIRICAL PROJECT AND THE WRITTEN TEST IS REQUIRED TO PASS THE COURSE. |
| Texts | |
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| THERE IS NOT A REQUIRED TEXTBOOK, SLIDE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL THE TOPICS. SOME OF THE TOPICS ARE COVERED IN STEPHEN BAZEN (2007) ECONOMETRICS METHODS FOR LABOUR ECONOMICS. THE FOLLOWING TEXTBOOK IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH BASIC LABOR ECONOMICS MODELS: BORJAS, G. (2015), LABOR ECONOMICS, MCGRAW HILL. ADDITIONAL READING LIST: 1) ANGRIST, J. AND A. KRUEGER (1999). EMPIRICAL STRATEGIES IN LABOR ECONOMICS, IN ASHENFELTER, O. AND CARD, D. (EDS), HANDBOOK OF LABOR ECONOMICS, VOL 3A, ELSEVIER, 1277-1366 2) HECKMAN, J., (1993). WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED ABOUT LABOR SUPPLY IN THE PAST TWENTY YEARS?. AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW 83 (2), 116-121. 3) LALIVE, R. (2007). UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, DURATION AND POST-UNEMPLOYMENT JOBS. AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW 97:2 (2007): 108 –112. FOR EMPIRICAL PROJECT LOOK AT: STYLE HANDBOOK AND STYLE PROJETC HTTPS://WWW.STYLE-RESEARCH.EU/PUBLICATIONS/WORKING-PAPERS |
| More Information | |
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| SLIDE AND ADDITIONAL READINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON MY PERSONAL WEB PAGE |
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