INFO - Labour economics and policy (Laurea mag. EPOS - English) 2023-24
Syllabus
1. The competitive labour market. 2. Monopsony and the minimum wage. 3. Unions and collective bargaining. 4. Education. 5. Workplace training. 6. Matching and the active labour policies. 7. Cities, labour and wage.
Additional topics for non-attending students only: 8. Family policies. 9. Migrations.
Lectures notes and textbook
I strongly recommend that students attend classes.
During the course I will publish lecture notes on topics 1-7, which will be available here:
As a complement, the suggested textbook is Boeri T., J. van Ours, The economics of imperfect labor markets, Princeton University Press, 2021, only the chapters corresponding to the topics of the syllabus.
Examinations and evaluation
The examination consists of a written test (open questions and exercises). Examinations dates are available on Infostud.
Attending students:
can take intermediate tests (written test with open questions and exercises) during the course: the grade of these tests may be accepted or refused by the student, if accepted it will be part of the final grade
have to give a classroom presentation on a specific topic chosen among a list of themes and related papers that I will provide during the course: the presentation will be part of the final grade.
Prerequisites: no prerequisites required.
Class schedules and office hours: go to the home page