Degree | Type | Year |
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Business Administration and Management | OT | 4 |
Economics | OT | 3 |
Economics | OT | 4 |
Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 3 |
Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 4 |
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The course shows the relationship between micro-founded theory, empirical work and econometric issues. Thus, basic knowledge of microeconomic and macroeconomic principles and simple statistical/econometric methods such as multivariate regression is required.
By the end of the course students will
Topic 1. Introduction: Economics and the Labour Market
Work and Economic Activity. Idiosyncrasies of Labour Markets and Labour Economics. Course overview.
PART I. LABOUR SUPPLY
Topic 2. Individual labour supply
The neoclassical model. The work-leisure decision. Activity, inactivity and reservation wage. Effects of taxes and benefits on labour supply.
Topic 3. Participation Rates and Family
Participation rates by gender and age. Family and time allocation. Life-cycle issues of labour supply. Working hours.
Topic 4. Human Capital and Labour
Human capital theory. Returns to education. On-the-Job training. Alternative theories to Human Capital.
Topic 5 Migrations and Labour Mobility
Types of labour mobility and migrations. Determinants of migration. Effects of migration on labour supply.
PART II LABOR DEMAND
Topic 6. The Demand for Labour: Wage Determination and the Allocation of Labour.
Short- and long-run demand for labour. Competitive and non-competitive markets. The monopsony. Determinants of labour demand. Effect of minimum wages on labour market outcomes. Unit labour costs.
PART III WAGE DETERMINATION AND WAGE STRUCTURE
Topic 7 Pay schemes and the Wage Structure
Wage differentials. Fringe benefits. Efficiency wages. Internal labour markets.
Topic 8 Wage Distribution and Labour Market Discrimination
Economic analysis of labour market discrimination. Occupational segregation. Segmentation and labour market duality. Temporary employment.
Topic 9 Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining
Economic analysis of trade unions. Collective bargaining. The economic impact of unions.
Topic 10 Government and the Labour Market
Labour market effects of public intervention. Minimum Wages. Effects of unemployment benefits. Legislation and regulation.
PART IV MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Topic 11 Unemployment and Inflation
Labour market unbalances. Types of unemployment. Economic theories of unemployment. Policies to reduce unemployment.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 32.5 | 1.3 | 3, 2, 24, 4, 5, 7, 12, 37, 20, 14, 16, 17, 18, 25 |
Tutorials | 17 | 0.68 | 3, 2, 24, 4, 31, 5, 27, 1, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 37, 20, 14, 16, 17, 18, 23, 21, 25, 28, 29, 8, 39 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorial | 8 | 0.32 | 2, 31, 5, 27, 6, 1, 7, 9, 10, 13, 37, 20, 14, 22, 23, 21, 25, 28, 29 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Autonomous study | 50 | 2 | 3, 2, 24, 4, 31, 5, 27, 6, 1, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 37, 20, 14, 34, 16, 17, 22, 23, 21, 25, 28, 29, 8 |
Exercices, essays and collective works | 36.5 | 1.46 | 3, 2, 24, 4, 31, 5, 27, 6, 1, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 37, 20, 14, 34, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 21, 25, 29, 8, 39 |
Teaching is scheduled to be face-to-face in the classroom.
The course combnes lectures and practical sessions. Besides, the students will have to write individual and collective essays, some of which will be presented and discusssed in class.
15 minutes will be devoted in one of the last lectures of the course to allow students to fill out the questionnaires that assesses the teaching activity of the professor and the subject.
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is permitted only in support tasks, such as search of bibliography of information, text correction or translations. The students must clearly identify what parts of the work have been generated with this technology, spell out the tools that have been used and include a critical reflection on how the use of these tools have influenced the process and final result of the activity. Not being transparent on the use of AI in activities will be considered academic dishonesty and can lead to partial or total penalties in the grade of the activity or in major sanctions if the case is deemed especially grave.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Final Exam | 50% | 3 | 0.12 | 3, 2, 24, 4, 31, 5, 1, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 37, 20, 14, 34, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 21, 36, 35, 30, 32, 25, 28, 29, 8 |
Presentations in class | 25% | 3 | 0.12 | 3, 2, 24, 4, 31, 5, 6, 1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 37, 20, 14, 15, 34, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 21, 36, 35, 33, 30, 32, 25, 26, 28, 29, 8, 39, 38 |
Submission of course work | 25% | 0 | 0 | 3, 2, 24, 4, 31, 5, 27, 6, 1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 37, 20, 14, 15, 34, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 21, 36, 35, 33, 30, 32, 25, 28, 29, 8, 39, 38 |
Assessment combines individual and collective assignments, as well as exams.
All assignments are integrated in a process of continuous assesment.
Students who have not submitted any evaluation activity in the process of continouos evaluation will be considered not evalauable.
This subject does offer the option for comprehensive evaluation.
By requesting the comprehensive evaluation the student waives the option of continuous evaluation.
The comprehensive evaluation must be requested at the Academic Management (Gestió acadèmica) of the Campus where the degree/master's degree is taught. The request must be filed according to the procedure and the deadline established by the administrative calendar of the Faculty of Economics and Business.
Attendance :
The comprehensive evaluation consists of a single final exam that will last two hours and will have a weight of 100% in the final assessment. The exam will take place on the date, time and place indicated by the School.
2.2 RETAKE PROCEDURE :
"For the retake procedure, no distinction is made between students who have followed the continuous evaluation and those who have optedforthecomprehensive evaluation. All will be re-assessed using the same test or evaluation evidence."
2.3 REVIEW OF THE FINAL QUALIFICATION:
"The review of the final qualification will follow the same procedure as for the continuous evaluation".
Calendar of evaluation activities
The dates of the evaluation activities (midterm exams, exercises in the classroom, assignments, ...) will be announced well in advance during the semester.
The date of the final exam is scheduled in the assessment calendar of the Faculty.
"The dates of evaluation activities cannot be modified, unless there is an exceptional and duly justified reason why an evaluation activity cannot be carried out. In this case, the degree coordinator will contact both the teaching staff and the affected student, and a new date will be scheduled within the same academic period to make up for the missed evaluation activity." Section 1 of Article 264. Calendar of evaluation activities (Academic Regulations UAB).
Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, who in accordance with the previous paragraph need to change an evaluation activity date must process the request by filling out an Application for exams' reschedule: e-Formulari per a la reprogramació de proves.
Grade revision process
After all grading activities have ended, students will be informed of the date and way in which the course grades will be published. Students will be also be informed of the procedure, place, date and time of grade revision following University regulations.
Retake Process
"To be eligible to participate in the retake process, it is required for students to have been previously been evaluated for at least two thirds of the total evaluation activities of the subject." Section 2 of Article 261. The recovery (UAB Academic Regulations). Additionally, it is required that the student to have achieved an average grade of the subject greater than or equal to 3.5 and less than 5.
The date of the retake exam will be posted in the calendar of evaluation activities of the Faculty. Students who take this exam and pass, will get a grade of 5 for the subject. If the student does not pass the retake, the grade will remain unchanged, and hence, student will fail the course.
Irregularities in evaluation activities
In spite of other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, "in the case that the student makes any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an evaluation activity, it will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that can be instructed. In case of various irregularities occur in the evaluation of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0". Section 11 of Article 266. Results of the evaluation. (UAB Academic Regulations).
Basic textbooks
Borjas, George (2020), Labor Economics (8th edition), McGraw-Hill.
McConnell, Campbell R., Stanley L. Brue and David A. Macpherson (2017), Contemporary Labor Economics (11th edition), McGraw-Hill International Edition.
Complementary textbooks:
Cahuc, Pierre and Andre Zylberberg (2004), Labor Economics, MIT Press.
Complementary readings: Topic specific readings will be found in the Campus Virtual.
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Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 51 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |
(TE) Theory | 51 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |