Courses Bachelor Display 2024-2025
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| Course title | Labour Economics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course code | EBC2173 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS credits | 6,5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | Whole/Half Grades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | no level | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Steffen Kuenn For more information: s.kuenn@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
* Understanding the micro- and macro-economic foundation of labour markets
* Understanding the role and impact of different labour market institutions * Understanding recent developments and policies with respect to labour markets such as technological change, discrimination, immigration, gender and income inequality * Being able to critically discuss empirical labour market studies |
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| Description |
People generate a large share of their income through working. The labour market is therefore a very crucial market in the economy, with important social consequences for unemployment, poverty, income inequality, gender differences. However, the labour market does not function as perfectly as assumed in most macro- and micro-economic models and there are many institutions influencing the functioning of the labour market, because of its social consequences. In this course, these imperfect labour markets and their institutions are studied to obtain a better understanding on how labour markets function and fail, and how certain policies can affect people lives.
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| Literature |
Tito Boeri and Jan van Ours, The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets.
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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 (EBC2173): 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: Intermediate knowledge in macro- and microeconomic theory, introductory level of statistics, an advanced level of English. |
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| Keywords |
Labour economics; institutions; income inequality
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| Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | PBL / 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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