Syllabus

Learning materials

Learning materials:

Explaining the discrimination in the labor market:
  1. Beauty pays: Why attractive people are more successful (Martin, 17/9)
    Reading: The looks of a winner: Beauty and electoral success
  2. Ethnic minorities and job discrimination (Martin, 24/9)
    Reading: Discrimination against female migrants wearing headscarvesPaper in the media: https://newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/research/discrimination-against-female-migrants-wearing-a-headscarf/
    (other research papers on the topic are available at http://users.ugent.be/~sbaert/research_register.htm)
  1. Closing the gender wage gap (Martin, 1/10)
    Reading: Gender differences in wages and leadership (Presentation by Julie)
  1. Seminar presentation (8/10) 
    https://mues.econ.muni.cz/research-seminars
    https://mues.econ.muni.cz/public-lectures

How to achieve decent living standards for all:
  1. The many dimensions of poverty (Martin, 15/10)
    Reading: Poverty persistence and poverty dynamics (Presentation by Madhuparna)
  2. Income adequacy and the definition of living wage  (Martin, 22/10)
    Reading: Calculating a Living Wage for London 
 Internet and discriminatory behaviour:
  1. Internet and collective behaviour (Tommaso, 29/10)
    Reading: Internet and Politics: Evidence from U.K. Local Elections and Local Government Policies 
  2. Discrimination 2.0:  E-services and markets (Tommaso, 5/11)
    Reading: Racial Discrimination in Local Public Services: A Field Experiment in the US (Presentation by Carolina)
  3. Discrimination 2.0:  Sharing economy and social networks (Tommaso, 12/11)
    Reading: Facebook profile picture appearance affects recruiters’ first hiring decisions (Presentation by Isabel)
 Migration:
  1. International labour migration: Global trends and determinants (Martin, 19/11)
    Reading: Using a point system for selecting immigrants (Presentation by Pierre)
  2. Benefits and costs of migration (Martin, 26/11)
    Reading: Who benefits from return migration to developing countries? (Presentation by Philipp)
    Reading: Migration and families left behind (Presentation by Mrikë)
  3. Seminar presentation (3/12)
    https://mues.econ.muni.cz/research-seminars
    https://mues.econ.muni.cz/public-lectures
  4. Final exam (Martin, 10/12)
Suggested reading for the class (placed in learning materials folder)
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