MPV_PTPZ Pracovní trh a politika zaměstnanosti

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
jaro 2021
Rozsah
2/1/0. 5 kr. k = 1. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Mgr. Martin Guzi, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Dr. Magdalena Adamus (přednášející)
Garance
Mgr. Martin Guzi, Ph.D.
Katedra veřejné ekonomie – Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Biskupová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra veřejné ekonomie – Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
Rozvrh
Út 8:00–9:50 P304
  • Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin:
MPV_PTPZ/01: Út 10:00–10:50 P304, M. Guzi
Předpoklady
The course assumes the basic knowledge of microeconomic concepts.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
Classes have seminar format with a strong focus on class discussion and cooperative learning. Students taking this course will learn from real-life examples to understand the key employment policy challenges and the role of labour market institutions.
The following topics will be discussed: employment and wage determination, labour market flexibility, work-life balance, immigration, gender gaps, income adequacy, precarious work, incentive pay, labour market discrimination, unemployment, and institutions in the labour market.
Výstupy z učení
Students will learn to discuss, understand and tackle contemporary labour market problems and policy challenges. The course will put an emphasis on empirical research and encourage students to elaborate selective case studies into class presentations.
Knowledge, skills and competence you will learn:
• understand basic mechanisms of the labour market and the role of labour market institutions
• analyse policy questions related to labour markets
• read and understand project reports and policy publications
• use of the course content in your own academic work, for example in analyses that are part of the master’s thesis
Osnova
  • 1. Labour market characteristics
  • • The purpose and meaning of employment, labour market during the economic crisis, non-standard work contracts, population at risk at the labour market.
  • 2. Why gender matters in (labour) economics?
  • • gender pay gap, global gender gap, Mathilda effect, sticky floor, glass ceiling, differences in gender concept between disciplines, historical and geographical changes of gender concept
  • 3. Labour market discrimination
  • • hiring discrimination, correspondence study, beauty discrimination, anonymous job applications, discrimination in online markets
  • 4. Labour market segmentation and precarious work
  • • Decent work, irregular working time, DDD jobs,zero-hour contracts.
  • 5. Income adequacy, minimum wage and living wage
  • • Employment effects of minimum wage, poverty trap, poverty persistence, living wage and the cost of living calculation, McWage Index, cross-country comparison of wage rates.
  • 6. Unemployment and job search
  • • job search and matching efficiency, job referrals, Beveridge curve, unemployment stigma, main strategies of unemployment elimination/reduction, regulation of the labour market, flexicurity, prison work.
  • 8. Equal playing field - why genders differ?
  • • division of labour in the family, (unpaid) household work, segregation (vertical and horizontal), discrimination theories
  • 9. Labour market mobility and work migration
  • • Job2job moves, work careers of university graduates, theory of migration, Roy selection, international labour migration.
  • 10. Future of the labour market
  • • Robotization and automatization, platform work, life-long education, adult skills.
Literatura
    doporučená literatura
  • BROŽOVÁ, Dagmar. Kapitoly z moderní ekonomie trhů práce. Vydání první. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2018, xxii, 267. ISBN 9788074007194. info
  • BORJAS, George J. Labor economics. Seventh edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2016, xviii, 569. ISBN 9781259252365. info
Výukové metody
The course includes lectures and seminar sessions. Classes have seminar format with a strong focus on class discussion and cooperative learning. We expect students to come to the classes. They are expected to participate in the class discussions and introduce the papers that they have read and also, their thoughts about them. If students miss classes not only will they not know the material, but they also deprive their classmates and lecturer of learning from them, and we lose the benefit of their contribution.
Metody hodnocení
Grading is based on participation in classroom through identified learning activities (20 points), class presentation (20 points), short paper writing (20 points), midterm exam (15 points) and final exam (25 points). Grading is based on the overall score: A 91-100 points, B 81 – 90 points, C 71 – 80 points, D 61 – 70 points, E 55 – 60 points, F less than 55 points
Informace učitele
Language of instruction is Czech, and 30% classes are taught in English. Study materials are in both Czech and English. Students may choose to prepare their presentations and to write a term paper in Czech or in English. Midterm and final exams questions are formulated in English. Suggested online sources: • IZA World of Labor is an online platform that provides policy analysts, journalists, academics and society generally with relevant and concise information on labor market issues. • Our World in Data
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Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2009, podzim 2010, podzim 2011, podzim 2012, podzim 2013, podzim 2014, jaro 2016, jaro 2017, jaro 2018, jaro 2019, jaro 2020, jaro 2022, jaro 2023, jaro 2024, jaro 2025.