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
EHRENBERG, Ronald and Robert SMITH. Modern Labor Economics. 12th Edition. Theory and Public Policy. Routledge, 2015. ISBN 978-0-13-346278-4.
Advised literature
CAHUC Pierre, Stéphane CARCILLO and André ZYLBERBERG. Labour Economics. 2nd Edition. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-26-202770-0.
CLASEN, Jochen and Daniel CLEGG. Regulating the Risk of Unemployment. Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-959229-6.