156-0902/01 – Labour Market Theory (TTP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Applied Economics | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2006/2007 | Year of cancellation | 2012/2013 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF, EKF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- to define and clarify labour market theory, employment and unemployment
- to explain theoretical and empirical implications of employment and unemployment to further aspects such as minimum wage, real wage, labour market equilibrium
- to distinguish approaches of classical, neoclassical and other theories to employment and unemployment
- to define theories of labour force migration and discuss impact of migration on the labour market
- to outline human capital and analyse its impact on the labour market
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
Theory of the individual labour supply. Decision-making between work and
leisure. Fundamental Model. Rate of working activity and length of working
time. Labour quality and investment into human capital. Theory of human
capital. Theory of supply and demand of employment work. Theory of
unemployment. Inflation, unemployment and growth of productivity. NAIRU. Wages
determination and work allocation. Unions and collective bargaining. Government
and Labour market. Discrimination on the labour market. Process of looking for
a job. Mobility of the labour force.
Compulsory literature:
Borjas, G. J.: Labor Economics. New York. The McGraw-Hill Companies 1996.
Ehrenberg, R. G. - Smith, R. S.: Modern Labour Economics. New York. Harper
Collins College Publisher, nc. 1994.
Filer, R. K. - Hamermesh, D. S. - Rees, A. E.: The Economics of Work and Pay.
Sixth Edition. Harper Collins Publishers 1996.
Layard, R. - Mickell, S. - Jackman, R.: Unemployment. Oxford University Press
1991.
Recommended literature:
Filer, R. K. - Hamermesh, D. S. - Rees, A. E.: The Economics of Work and Pay.
Sixth Edition. Harper Collins Publishers 1996.
Layard, R. - Mickell, S. - Jackman, R.: Unemployment. Oxford University Press
1991
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
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Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
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Conditions for subject completion
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