Labour market

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	114-0563/01
Abbreviation	TPA
Course title	Labour market
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Economics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA

Subject syllabus

Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium in the Labour Market under Perfect Competition
Human capital
Educational mismatch
Soft skills
Personality in the labour market
Information theory, signalling, and screening / HR and employee recruitment
Wages
Unemployment
Employment policy in the Czech Republic and the EU

E-learning

https://lms.vsb.cz/

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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