156-0403/04 – Labour Market Economics A (ETP A)

Gurantor department	Department of Applied Economics	Credits	2
Subject guarantor	doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBA	Subject version guarantor	doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBA
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Compulsory
Year	2	Semester	winter
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2011/2012	Year of cancellation	2020/2021
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Follow-up Master, Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
S1I44	doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBA

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Part-time	Credit	12+0

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

Lectures

Summary

Compulsory literature:

BORJAS, George. Labor Market Economics. Mc GrawHill, 2010. ISBN 978-00-71048-47-7. EHRENBERG, Ronald and Robert SMITH. Modern Labor Economics. Theory and Public Policy. Pearson Addison Wesley Companion, 2009. ISBN 978-0-321-53373-9. SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš a kol. Nejistoty na trhu práce. Boskovice: František Šalé - ALBERT, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7326-172-6. ŠIMEK, Milan. Podpora zaměstnatelnosti znevýhodněných skupin obyvatel v České republice: Nové přístupy a efekty. Brno: Institut vzdělávání SOKRATES, 2010. ISBN 978-80-86572-66-6. https://cs-cz.facebook.com/Národohospodáři-Ostrava-246212538805455/

Recommended literature:

BLOCK, Walter Labor Economics From a Free Market Perspectives. World Scientific, 2008. ISBN: 978-981-270-568-6. BROŽOVÁ, Dagmar Společenské souvislosti trhu práce. Praha: SLON 2003. 140 s. ISBN 80-86429-16-4. FILER, Randall K., Daniel S. HAMERMESH and Albert E. REES. The Economics of Work and Pay. 6th ed. New York: Harper Collins, 1996. ISBN 0-673-99474-0. LAYARD, Richard, Stephen NICKELL and Richard JACKMAN. Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market. 2 ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-927917-9. NEKOLOVÁ, Markéta Flexicurity – hledání rovnováhy mezi flexibilitou a ochranou trhu práce v České republice. Praha, VUPSV, 2008. 72 s. ISBN 978-80-87007-89-1. MAREŠ, Petr Nezaměstnanost jako sociální problém. Praha: SLON, 2002. 172 s. ISBN 80-86429-08-3.

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Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Zápočtová písemka konaná buď prezenční nebo distančně v prostředí MS Teams.

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Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. The Demand for Labour in Competitive Markets (The Short Run – Demand Schedule, Demand for Labour in the Long Run) 2. Labour Supply (Labour Force Participation, Hours of Work of Effort) 3. Unemployment (Unemployment, Types of Unemployment, Unemployment Dynamics, NAIRU) 4. Investment in Human Capital (The Nature of Human Capital, Age - Earnings Profiles, Skills Acquired at School, Skills Acquired on the Job) 5. Earnings - Effects of Race and Gender on Earnings (Theories of Discrimination, Measuring Discrimination). 6. Inequality of Earnings and Income 7. Unionized Labour Markets ( Unions: Grows and Goals, Union Methods: The Bargaining Process, Union’s Impact on Labour Markets) 8. Migration (Theories of Migration, Migration Effects) 9. Employment Policy and Labour Market Policy (Definitions, Goals, Passive and Active Programmes) 10. Labour Market and Employment Policy in the Czech Republic

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2013/2014 Winter semester, validity until: 2020/2021 Summer semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation	Credit	100 (100)	51	2
Písemka	Written test	100	51	2

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Spec.	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2020/2021	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T055) Public Economics and Administration		K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan
2019/2020	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T055) Public Economics and Administration		K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan
2018/2019	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T055) Public Economics and Administration		K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan
2017/2018	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T055) Public Economics and Administration		K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan
2016/2017	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T055) Public Economics and Administration		K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan
2015/2016	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T055) Public Economics and Administration		K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan
2014/2015	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T055) Public Economics and Administration		K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T055) Public Economics and Administration		K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T055) Public Economics and Administration	(02) Public Economics and Administration	K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan

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