2023-2024 / ECON0943-1

Labor economics

Duration

30h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in economics : general (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in economics : general (60 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Mathieu Lefebvre

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course overview labour economics issues, including theory, evidence and policy. The aim of the course is to familiarise students with main theoretical and empirical issues in current labour economics.
Topics include labour supply, job search, wage determination, Human capital, returns to schooling, signalling and training, incentives in the labour market  and labour demand as well as monopsony labour market institutions: minimum wages, unemployment compensation, employment protection, unions.
 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

By the end of the course, the students will acquire a good knowledge of the mechanisms at work on the labor market

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Microeconomics course

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Additional information:

Lectures

Recommended or required readings

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

A term paper by the students during classes on a topic chosen from a list of labor economics issues will represent 40% of the final grade.
A final exam will count for the 60% left. This examn could be written or oral depending on the situation.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Association of one or more MOOCs