156-0363/03 – Labour market (TPA)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Applied EconomicsCredits4
Subject guarantordoc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBASubject version guarantordoc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBA
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year2Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2019/2020Year of cancellation2020/2021
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
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 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

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Summary

Subject The labor market deepens student's theoretical knowledge of the functioning of the labor market. Students are provided with theoretical information on employability, employers' and state labor market opportunities. It also covers the main instruments of passive and active employment policy in the EU countries and gives a comprehensive overview of the implementation of employment policy in the Czech Republic and its regions.

Compulsory literature:

CAHUC Pierre, Stéphane CARCILLO and André ZYLBERBERG. Labour Economics. 2nd Edition. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-26-202770-0. EHRENBERG, Ronald and Robert SMITH. Modern Labor Economics. 12th Edition. Theory and Public Policy. Routledge, 2015. ISBN 978-0-13-346278-4.

Recommended literature:

BORJAS, George. Labor Economics. 7th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2016. ISBN 978-1-259-25236-5.

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. Studenti v rámci cvičení vypracovávají seminární práci na zadané téma. Práce veřejně obhajují.

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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:

Labour demand 2. Labour supply 3. Investments in human capital and their importance for the labour market 4. Factors influencing the differences in labour income 5. Imperfect competition on the labour market 6. Labour market mobility 7. Migration 8. The influence of the state on the labour market 9. Minimum wage in the labour market 10. Unemployment 11. Employment policy 12. Labour market and employment policy of the European Union 13. Labour market in the Czech Republic 14. Employment policy in the Czech Republic

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Summer semester, validity until: 2020/2021 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit Credit 100 (100) 51 3
        písemka Written test 100  51 3
        Semestrální projekt Semestral project   1
Mandatory attendence participation: The condition for obtaining the credit is the elaboration of a non-graded seminar paper and fulfillment of the credit test conditions.

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Occurrence in study plans

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Assessment of instruction



2020/2021 Summer