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Course 2006-2007 a.y.

8104 - LABOUR ECONOMICS


GM-LS - MM-LS - OSI-LS - AFC-LS - CLAPI-LS - CLEFIN-LS - CLELI-LS - CLEACC-LS - DES-LS - CLEMIT-LS - CLG-LS
Department of Economics

Course taught in English


Go to class group/s: 31

GM-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - MM-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - OSI-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - AFC-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLAPI-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLEFIN-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLELI-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLEACC-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - DES-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLEMIT-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLG-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI)
Course Director:
TITO MICHELE BOERI

Classes: 31 (II sem.)
Instructors:
Class 31: TITO MICHELE BOERI



Course Objectives
The purpose of the course is to provide the basic analytical tools allowing students to understand the operation of markets in which labour services are exchanged for wages.   

Course Content Summary

The course is structured in four parts.
The first part of the course is on labour supply.  After recalling the neoclassical theory of labour supply, the course introduces the job search framework, which is used as an integrated framework in the remainder of the course.
The second part of the course covers labour demand.  It discusses the tradeoffs between labour and capital, skilled and unskilled labour as well as between hours and workers, intensive and extensive margins. 
The third part is on labour market equilibrium, notably on wage formation.  Students start by characterising atomistic bilateral monopoly conditions in which firms and workers individually bargain over wages and then move on to collective bargaining structures and models of unions.
The fourth and last part of the course is on applications of the above framework to study specific issues, such as migration, human capital investment and labour market policies.


Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

The exam is written.  Students attending the course will have the option to take half of the exam as take-home exercises on the various datasets. 


Textbooks
  • P. CAHUC, A. ZYLBERBERG, Labor Economics, MIT Press, 2004.
  • T. BOERI, J. VANOURS,  Labour Markets, Policies and Institutions, Princeton University Press,  forthcoming. 
  • Additional readings will be provided at the beginning of the course.    

For further and continuously updated information consult the  IEP web site or contact  S.I.D. - Servizio Informazioni Didattica - Institute of Economics - via Gobbi, 5 - Room 313.

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