Courses Bachelor Display 2025-2026
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| Course title | Technology, Labour and Inequality | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course code | EBC2130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS credits | 6,5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | Whole/Half Grades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Introductory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Julian Ashwin For more information: julian.ashwin@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
To understand:
* The economic fundamentals of how technology changes the labour market, in particular “information” technologies such as computer systems and artificial intelligence. * How technology can change the demand for high and low skilled labour, and how it affects wages. * How technology changes structures of organisations * To analyse and explain the rising economic inequality in recent decades * Understand how to use economic models to understand the labour market * To analyse and present cases and examples by using real life data |
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| Description |
is course gives a brief introduction into the economics of technological change and the labour market. The main aim of this course is to understand the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on the demand for workers and on wages. What are the effects of ICT on (structures of) organisations; How does ICT impact wages and the division of labour? Do people with ICT skills earn higher wages?
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| Literature |
G.J. Borjas, Labor Economics, McGraw-Hill International Edition or a similar book supplemented with selected articles from academic journals
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| Prerequisites |
This course is in transition for the bachelor Fiscal Economics.
See the Bachelor Education and Examination Regulations for more information. The following rule applies to bachelor Fiscal Economics students. TRANSITIONAL REGULATION (EBC2130): The bachelor Fiscal Economics has been discontinued. There will be repeat education for year 1 and year 2 courses up to and including academic year 2025-2026 and exam-only up to and including academic year 2026-2027. For year 3 courses there will be repeat education up to and including 2026-2027 and exam-only up to and including academic year 2027-2028. Whether a course is in transition, cancelled, or replaced may depend on the cohort you are in. Sometimes there are additional criteria. It is therefore very important to carefully read the EER and any addendum so you can apply the rules to your individual situation. PREREQUISITES: Knowledge and understanding of introductory microeconomics and of introductory macroeconomics (comparable to first year courses microeconomics and macroeconomics). Good understanding of first year mathematics (e.g. derivative of nested functions). An advanced level of English |
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| Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | PBL / Assignment / Groupwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Final Paper / Participation / Written Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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