114-0576/01 – Labour Economics (ETP)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of EconomicsCredits5
Subject guarantordoc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBASubject version guarantordoc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBA
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory type B
Year1Semesterwinter
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2020/2021Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
BAL112 doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA
GOT40 prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc.
FIL03 Ing. Lenka Johnson Filipová, Ph.D.
S1I44 doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBA
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 3+1

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

To clarify basic relations on labour markets To interpret investments in human capital To explain wage diferences on labour market To discuss unions influence at labour markets To analyze employment policy effects and to classify programmes To identify basic problems of the Czech labour market To describe active and passive labour employment in the European union

Teaching methods

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Summary

The course provides especially the exact knowledge of unemployment and government´s interventions in the labour market. The subject explains the relation between the unemployment and other important economic phenomenons such as minimum wage, real wage, economic equilibrium. Theory is based on the classical, neoclassical approach but also on other theories. The course provides the knowledge of the European Union labour markets, too. Development of the EU integration process since the eighties and basic development tendencies in the labour market.

Compulsory literature:

BORJAS, George. Labor Economics. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2020. 569 p. ISBN 978-1-26-000472-4. CAHUC P., S. CARCILLO and A. ZYLBERBERG. Labour Economics. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-26-202770-0. EHRENBERG, Ronald and Robert SMITH. Modern Labor Economics. Theory and Public Policy. 13th ed. Routledge, 2021. ISBN 9780367346973.

Recommended literature:

BANSAK, C., N. SIMPSON and M. ZAVODNY. The Economics of Immigration. New York: Routledge, 2020. 470 p. ISBN 978-0-36-741616-4. European Commission. Migrant Integration Statistics. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2021. 154 p. ISBN 978-92-76-27449-0. European Commission. Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe. Anual review 2023. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2023. ISBN 978-92-68-04288-5.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Verification of the learning outcomes will be carried out in the form of a combined exam consisting of written and oral part. Full active participation in exercises is required from full-time students.

E-learning

The teacher's contact with the students will be realized through consultations, via email communication and through the LMS (Moodle) electronic learning system. Students usually communicate with each other via email communication.

Other requirements

Students work out a seminar work on a given topic. The work is publicly advocated

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

The course provides especially the exact knowledge of unemployment and government´s interventions in the labour market. The subject explains the relation between the unemployment and other important economic phenomenons such as minimum wage, real wage, economic equilibrium. Theory is based on the classical, neoclassical approach but also on other theories. The course provides the knowledge of the European Union labour markets, too. Development of the EU integration process since the eighties and basic development tendencies in the labour market. 1. The competitive equilibrium 2. The unemployment theories 3. Theory of human capital 4. Theory od discrimination 5. Wage determinants 6. Migration theories and labour market 7. Labour market flexibility 8. Flexicurity 9. Holland's Theory of Career Choice 10. European employment strategy 11. Labour market - Denmark, Germany, UK 12. Labour market – Spain, Netherlands, Poland 13. Labour market in the Czech Republic 14. Active and passive labour market policy in the Czech Republic

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2020/2021 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit  
        Examination Examination 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: The condition for credit is to prepare s seminar paper. The exam is combined composed of written and oral parts.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: The condition for credit is to prepare s seminar paper. The exam is combined composed of written and oral parts.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (N0311A050012) Applied economics (S02) Economic Development ER P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2024/2025 (N0412A050005) Finance P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2024/2025 (N0414A050002) Marketing and Business P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2024/2025 (N0311A050013) Applied Economics (S01) Economic Development ER P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N0311A050012) Applied economics (S02) Economic Development ER P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N0414A050002) Marketing and Business P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2023/2024 (N0412A050005) Finance P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2023/2024 (N0311A050013) Applied Economics (S01) Economic Development ER P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N0311A050012) Applied economics (S02) Economic Development ER P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N0311A050013) Applied Economics (S01) Economic Development ER P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N0412A050005) Finance P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2022/2023 (N0414A050002) Marketing and Business P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2021/2022 (N0311A050012) Applied economics (S02) Economic Development ER P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N0311A050013) Applied Economics (S01) Economic Development ER P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N0412A050005) Finance P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2021/2022 (N0414A050002) Marketing and Business P English Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block nameAcademic yearForm of studyStudy language YearWSType of blockBlock owner
Incoming students - MS 2023/2024 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming students - MS 2022/2023 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block

Assessment of instruction



2023/2024 Winter
2022/2023 Winter