The midterm exam is scheduled for Tuesday, April 2. It will be available in the ROPOT (IS) from 7:00 to 12:00, and it is important that you start working on it before 10:40. You will have a total of 70 minutes to complete the exam. The test will consist of 10 multiple-choice questions, each worth 0.5 points with no negative points. Only one answer will be correct in the multiple-choice question. Test will include four open-ended questions for 3 points each. You can earn more than 15 points in total. You are permitted to use lecture materials, but collaboration between students during the test is not allowed.

I will send you the link to the exam by email on Tuesday morning. If any questions arise during the exam, please post them to Teams (link) 

The exam will open on Tuesday (April 2) at 7:00am

Midterm handout: 

Make sure you understand the following terms and you can explain them: unemployment, employment, labor market participation,  underemployment, part-time work, employment rate over the lifetime, gender pay gap, gender employment gap, Mathilda effect, sticky floor, glass ceiling, statistical discrimination, gender stereotypes,  gender-neutral occupation, correspondence study, the price of motherhood, minimum wage vs collectively agreed wages, reservation wage, job vacancy, correspondence study, y. 

Topics that may appear in the questions: The purpose and motivation to work; Demographic development and its impact on the labour market; labour market characteristics, gender gaps in part-time work, employment rate,  wages; gender differences in education and field of study; consequences of high gender pay gap (poverty trap for women); occupation and industry sorting and its relevance for gender wage gap; job search behaviour and its relevance for gender wage gap; gender stereotypes and its relevance for gender wage gap; Policy suggestions to improve gender equality; Earnings advantages from education; Why starting your career during a strong economy is better? (see reading material to the lecture);