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

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?

G.J. Borjas, Labor Economics, McGraw-Hill International Edition or a similar book supplemented with selected articles from academic journals

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