FSS:VPL501 Labour Market Theory - Course Information
VPL501 Labour Market Theory
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Thu 8:00–9:30 P21
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 45 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/45, only registered: 0/45, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/45 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Social Work (programme FSS, N-SP)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Personnel Management and Organizational Development)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Social Policy)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Labour market, employment policy and human resources development)
- Course objectives
- To learn about the economic and sociological theories of the labour market and unemployments. The students should understand the relationships between economic and social mechanisms in the labour market. Make the students knowledgeable of the methods of analysis of the labour market. Learning outcomes after completing the course the student - understands the processes on the labour market - understands the contexts of the intervenmtion into the labour market - is able to analyse the problems of the labour market - is able to furmulate at the general level the possible intervenctions
- Syllabus
- Makaroekonomic perspective, growth and unemployment, inflation and unemployment, the types of unemployment. Parcial(micro) perspektive: labour supply, labour demand Static equilibrium in labour market, voluntary and involuntary unemployment. Dynamic equilibrium, theory of job search. Hysteresis of the labour market. Institucionál teories. Segmentation of the labour market. Neo-keynesian theories.
- Literature
- Layard R. Nickell S., Jackman R. : The Unemployment Crisis. Oxford Univ. Press, 1995,
- Burda M., Wyplosz Ch. Macroeconomics. A European Text. Oxford Univ. Press 1997,
- Samuelson P.A. , Nordhaus W.D.: Ekonomie, Praha : Svoboda,1991.
- Jordi Gual : The Social Challenge of Job Creation, Brookfield, Edward Elgar 1996,
- Teaching methods
- Lecturing. The students study literature. Home tasks imposed on the students. Prezentations of the tasks on the seminar, discussion.
- Assessment methods
- homeworks and their presentations, discussion 2 written tests, 5 questions each, points exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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