Insegnamento mutuato da: B020853 - LABOUR ECONOMICS Laurea Magistrale in ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT- ECONOMIA POLITICA E SVILUPPO ECONOMICO Curriculum DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Lingua Insegnamento
INGLESE
Contenuto del corso
What does the future of work look like for young people? What about gender equality in education and the labour market? What about the impact of COVID-19 on employment and jobs?
The course aims at giving the theoretical and applied tools for answering these and other questions through the lenses of labour economics.
George J. Borjas, Labor Economics, Mc Graw Hill, 2016
Obiettivi Formativi
What does the future of work look like for young people? What about gender equality in education and the labour market? What about the impact of COVID-19 on employment and jobs?
The course aims at giving the theoretical and applied tools for answering these and other questions through the lenses of labour economics. The first part illustrates how economic models are applied to labour market phenomena, such as labour supply and participation, labour demand by firms, and wage determination under different institutional settings. In parallel, the course presents some practical applications with data—data sources are also an issue—on how assumptions on labour relationships can be tested empirically using simple econometric tools and software.
The second part of the course is more policy oriented and is dedicated to the discussion of the most relevant issues at stake regarding the global situation of labour. The focus is therefore on developed and developing countries as two intertwined realities. A number of topics will be dealt with, such as migration, gender gaps in education and earnings, discrimination, and the impacts of the pandemics on global employment. The exam will consist in a written test and a presentation. Active participation in the discussion is required.
The course is intended for both the curricula in economics and development economics.
Prerequisiti
First level Microeconomic and Macroeconomics
Metodi Didattici
Lectures and Seminars
Altre Informazioni
A reading list of the most relevant papers will be provided during the
lectures.
Modalità di verifica apprendimento
Written test and oral presentations
Programma del corso
Labor supply. Labor demand. Labor market equilibrium. Human capital.
The wage structure.Migration. Labor market gender and other
discrimination. Unions. Unemployment.
Development issues: The labour market in developing countries. Growth,
distribution, employment and poverty. Informality. Wages in developing
countries. Labour migration and development. Education and human
capital. Labour market institutions.Labour market policies for
development.
The future of labour: new forms of employment.