Labour market

Summary

Subject The labor market deepens student's theoretical knowledge of the functioning of the labor market. Students are provided with theoretical information on employability, employers' and state labor market opportunities. It also covers the main instruments of passive and active employment policy in the EU countries and gives a comprehensive overview of the implementation of employment policy in the Czech Republic and its regions.

Literature

EHRENBERG, Ronald and Robert SMITH. Modern Labor Economics. 13th Edition. Theory and Public Policy. Routledge, 2021. ISBN 9780367346973
BORJAS, George. Labor Economics. 8th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2019. ISBN 9781260565522
CAHUC Pierre, Stéphane CARCILLO and André ZYLBERBERG. Labour Economics. 2nd Edition. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-26-202770-0

Advised literature

BORJAS,George. We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative. Norton, 2016.ISBN 978-0-393-24901-9
EC. Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe. Anual review 2020. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2020.
EC. Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2020. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2020.

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Language of instruction	angličtina
Code	114-0563
Abbreviation	TPA
Course title	Labour market
Coordinating department	Department of Economics
Course coordinator	doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBA