FSS:SPP809 Labor Market Policy - Course Information

SPP809 Labor Market Policy

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2014

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Sat 22. 2. 16:15–17:45 exP52, Sat 29. 3. 16:15–17:45 exP52, Sat 26. 4. 16:15–17:45 exP52

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Social Policy and Social Work (programme FSS, N-SP)
Social Policy and Social Work (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Personnel Management and Organizational Development)
Social Policy and Social Work (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Social Policy)

Course objectives

To make the students konwledgeable of the principles, goals, instruments and effects of employment policy and labour market policy.

Syllabus

I. The overall framework, the strategy 1. Implikacations for LM policy emerging from LM theory 2. Employment policy: makroekonomic regulation of labour demand 3. LM policy II. Passsive and active LM policy 4. Income replacement in unemployment and assessment of the schemes of unemployment benefits 5. The developments of active LM policy 6. Active LM policy - the principles and types of measures 7. LM policy in the Czech Republic (specific features) 8. Perspektives of development of employment and LM policy III. Effects of LM policy and evaluation 9. The effects of LM policy 10. Analysis of the effects of LM policy

Literature

Nicaise I. et al. „Pitfalls and Dilemmas in Labour Market Policies for Disadvantaged Groups and How to Avoid Them.“ European Journal of Social Policy 1995, 5: 199-217.
Sirovátka, T,. Mareš, P. (eds) 2003. Trh práce, nezaměstnanost, sociální politika. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
Sirovátka T.: Politika pracovního trhu, MU v Brně, 1995.
Winkler, Jiří - Žižlavský, Martin (eds) 2004. Český trh práce a Evropská strategie zaměstnanosti. Brno : Fakulta sociálních studií Masarykova univerzita.
Calmfors L. Active Labour Market Policy and Unemployment. A Framework for the Analysis of Crucial Design Features. Paris, OECD 1994
Serrano Pacual, A., Magnusson, L. Reshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes. Oxford: Peter Lang.
OECD 2013. Employment Outlook.
Sirovátka T.: Politika pracovního trhu, MU v Brně, 1995.

Teaching methods

class discussion, homeworks, readings, seminar paper

Assessment methods

2 tests assessment of the seminar paper exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.