Employment Policy

Employment Policy
114-0569/01
angličtina

Summary

The subject of Employment policy deepens students' knowledge of macroeconomics about direct and indirect economic policy instruments that can influence the labor market. Within the subject, the role of employment policy in the labor market is characterized. The objectives and tools of employment policy are defined, including their basic breakdown. It also covers the main instruments of passive and active employment policies that are used in developed countries and also focuses on EU employment policy issues. In the part focused on the Czech labor market, it gives a comprehensive overview of the possibilities and the actual implementation of employment policy in the Czech Republic and its regions.

Literature

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.
EHRENBERG, Ronald and Robert SMITH. Modern Labor Economics. 13th Edition. Theory and Public Policy. Routledge, 2021. ISBN 9780367346973

Advised literature

BALCAR, Jiří. Soft Skills and their Importance on the Czech Labour Market. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2018. ISBN 978-80-248-4245-5
CAHUC Pierre, Stéphane CARCILLO and André ZYLBERBERG. Labour Economics. 2nd Edition. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-26-202770-0
HORA, Ondřej a Tomáš SIROVÁTKA. How Active Labour Market Policy Helps the most Disadvantaged : Evidence from the Czech Republic. In Beata Woźniak-Jęchorek, Michał Pilc. Labour Market Institutions and Productivity : Labour Utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2021. s. 260-283. Routledge Studies in Labour Economics.

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Language of instruction	angličtina
Code	114-0569
Abbreviation	PZA
Course title	Employment Policy
Coordinating department	Department of Economics
Course coordinator	doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBA