LABOUR ECONOMICS

Lavinia PARISI LABOUR ECONOMICS

0222200067
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
EQF7
ECONOMICS
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
530LESSONS
ExamDate
PARISI17/12/2024 - 14:30
PARISI17/12/2024 - 14:30
Objectives
THE COURSE PROVIDES AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE LABOR MARKET AND THE MAIN PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED TO IT.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE COURSE AIMS TO PRESENT SOME PROBLEMS OF THE LABOR MARKET, ITS REGULATION, THE PROBLEMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUALITY, THE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ECONOMIC POLICIES AND FINALLY THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS THAT ALLOW TO STUDY THE CAUSES AND THE EFFECTS OF ALL THE PROBLEMS ANALYSED. THE COURSE PROVIDES THE TOOLS TO STUDY THE LABOR MARKET AND THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND SOLVE LABOR ECONOMY ANALYSIS PROBLEMS; APPLYING THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED TO A RANGE OF TYPICAL DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS OF CONSUMERS, PRODUCERS AND PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC POLICIES IN SUPPORT OF THE LABOR MARKET AND TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND AND IDENTIFY POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS ANALYZED.
Prerequisites
LABOUR MARKET: LABOUR SUPPLY AND LABOUR DEMAND AND THE EQUILIBRIUM.
Contents
THE COURSE AIMS TO ANALYZE SOME INSIGHTS INTO THE LABOR MARKET AND IN PARTICULAR:
1) LABOR MARKET REGULATION (WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON MINIMUM WAGE AND UNIONS) - 6 HOURS
2) DISCRIMINATION - 6 HOURS
3) INEQUALITY AND INCOME MOBILITY - 6 HOURS
4) EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS IN THE LABOR MARKET: CAUSATION PROBLEMS, POLICY EVALUATION AND DECOMPOSITION - 6 HOURS
5) EMPIRICAL EVIDENZE ON THE FIRT FIVE TOPICS - 6 HOURS
Teaching Methods
LECTURES, EXERCISES, SEMINARS.
Verification of learning
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TEACHING IS CERTIFIED BY PASSING AN EXAMINATION EVALUATED IN THIRTEENTHS. THE EXAMINATION CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST LASTING ONE HOUR AND THIRTY MINUTES AND AN ORAL TEST OF15 MINUTES. THE WRITTEN TEST CONSISTS OF THREE QUESTIONS WITH DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS INDICATED IN THE TEACHING PROGRAM. THE ORAL TEST IS FINALIZED TO THE DISCUSSION OF ONE OF THE ARTICLES SELECTED FROM THE READING LIST INDICATED BY THE PROFESSOR. THE EXAMINATION AIMS AT VERIFY THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY OF UNDERSTANDING REACHED BY THE STUDENT, AS WELL AS TO VERIFY THE ABILITY OF EXPOSITION REFERRING TO APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE AUTONOMOUSLY THE EXPOSITION ON THE SAME THEORETICAL CONTENT TOPICS.
Texts
PEPI DE CALEO E BRUCCHI LUCHINO, MANUALE DI ECONOMIA DEL LAVORO, IL MULINO, 2015 (CH. 5, 9, 10, 11, 12)
More Information
SLIDES WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE PROFESSOR AS WELL AS A READING LIST TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAMME.
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