VPLn4402 Employment and Labour Market Policy

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Markéta Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Hora, Ph.D. (assistant)
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
Wed 8:00–9:40 U53
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! VPL402 Labour Market Policy && !NOWANY( VPL402 Labour Market Policy )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
To introduce students into principles, goals, measures and effects of employment and labor market policies. Promoting students’ insight into interrelations between those economic and social processes that have impact on employment policy functioning. To introduce students into methods of labor market analysis and labor market policy analysis as well as into principles of making and implementing measures and projects in the field of employment.
Learning outcomes
after completing the course the students - understand the purpose of use of various tools of labour market policy and their links to the specific problems of the labour market - are able to identify moest appropriate tools of labour market policies - are able to analyse the effects of the labour market policies - are able to suggest the specific solutions of labour market problems
Syllabus
  • I. The overall framework, the strategy 1. Implications for LM policy emerging from LM theory 2. Employment policy: macroeconomic regulation of labour demand 3. LM policy II. Pasive 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. Perspectives 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
    required literature
  • Layard R. Nickell S., Jackman R.: The Unemployment Crisis. Oxford Univ. Press, 1995, s. 90-109.
  • Calmfors L. Active Labour Market Policy and Unemployment. A Framework for the Analysis of Crucial Design Features. Paris, OECD 1994
  • Sirovátka T.: Politika pracovního trhu, MU v Brně, 1995.
  • Růst, konkurenceschopnost, zaměstnanost (Bílá kniha). Praha, Ustav mezinárodních vztahů, 1995, s. 9-55, 113-147.
  • OECD 2005. Employment Outlook. Chapter 4: Labour Market Programmes and Activation Strategie: Evaluating the Impacts (www. oecd.org)
  • Berkel, R.; Graaf, W.; Sirovátka, T. (eds.). 2012. Governance of the Activation policies in Europe. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Volume 32, No 5/6,
  • Sirovátka, T., Horáková, M., Horák, P. 2014. Česká politika zaměstnanosti v době krize a po krizi. MUNIpress
  • Horák, P. 2014. Role lokálních projektů v české politice zaměstnanosti. Brno: MUNIpress
  • 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.
    recommended literature
  • OECD 2012. Employment Outlook. Chapter 1: Waiting for the Recovery: OECD Labour Markets in the Wake of the Cisis, Chapter 2: What Makes Labour Markets Resilient During Recession?,
  • Winkler, Jiří - Žižlavský, Martin (eds) 2004. Český trh práce a Evropská strategie zaměstnanosti. Brno : Fakulta sociálních studií Masarykova univerzita.
  • Serrano Pacual, A., Magnusson, L. Reshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes. Oxford: Peter Lang.
  • Sirovátka, T,. Mareš, P. (eds) 2003. Trh práce, nezaměstnanost, sociální politika. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
  • deKonning J. 2001. Labour Market Policy and Unemployment. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar,
  • Clasen J., Clegg, D. 'Regulating the risk of unemployment. National adaptations to post-industrial labour markets in Europe'. Oxford University Press
  • Národní program reforem 2008-2010.
Teaching methods
lecturing, class discussion, homeworks, readings seminar paper and feedback
Assessment methods
2 tests, 5 questions each, points seminar paper and assessment of it exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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