| Course Unit Code | 156-0576/02 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 5 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Choice-compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| GOT40 | prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc. |
| S1I44 | doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBA |
| BAL112 | doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA |
| Summary |
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The course provides especially the exact knowledge of unemployment and government´s interventions in the labour market. The subject explains the relation between the unemployment and other important economic phenomenons such as minimum wage, real wage, economic equilibrium. Theory is based on the classical, neoclassical approach but also on other theories. The course provides the knowledge of the European Union labour markets, too. Development of the EU integration process since the eighties and basic development tendencies in the labour market.
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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To clarify basic relations on labour markets
To interpret investments in human capital
To explain wage diferences on labour market
To discuss unions influence at labour markets
To analyze employment policy effects and to classify programmes
To identify basic problems of the Czech labour market
To describe active and passive labour employment in the European union
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| Course Contents |
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The course provides especially the exact knowledge of unemployment and government´s interventions in the labour market.
The subject explains the relation between the unemployment and other important economic phenomenons such as minimum
wage, real wage, economic equilibrium. Theory is based on the classical, neoclassical approach but also on other theories. The
course provides the knowledge of the European Union labour markets, too. Development of the EU integration process since the eighties and basic development tendencies in the labour market.
1. The competitive equilibrium
2. The unemployment theories
3. Theory of human capital
4. Theory od discrimination
5. Wage determinants
6. Migration theories and labour market
7. Labour market flexibility
8. Flexicurity
9. Holland's Theory of Career Choice
10. European employment strategy
11. Labour market - Denmark, Germany, UK
12. Labour market – Spain, Netherlands, Poland
13. Labour market in the Czech Republic
14. Active and passive labour market policy in the Czech Republic
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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BODVARSON, Örn B. a Hendrik Van den BERG. The Economics of Immigration. Theory and Policy. Second Edition. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4614-2116-0.
BOERI, Tito. a Jan van OURS. The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets. Second Edition. Princenton: Princeton University Press, 2013. ISNB 978-1-400-848-195.
CAHUC Pierre, Stéphane CARCILLO and André ZYLBERBERG. Labour Economics. 2nd Edition. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-26-202770-0.
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BODVARSON, Örn B. a Hendrik Van den BERG. The Economics of Immigration. Theory and Policy. Second Edition. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4614-2116-0.
BOERI, Tito. a Jan van OURS. The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets. Second Edition. Princenton: Princeton University Press, 2013. ISNB 978-1-400-848-195.
CAHUC Pierre, Stéphane CARCILLO and André ZYLBERBERG. Labour Economics. 2nd Edition. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-26-202770-0.
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| Recommended Reading: |
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BORJAS, George J. Labor Economics. 7th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2016. ISBN 978-1-259-25236-5.
EHRENBERG, Ronald and Robert SMITH. Modern Labor Economics. 12th Edition. Theory and Public Policy. Routledge, 2015. ISBN 978-0-13-346278-4.
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BORJAS, George J. Labor Economics. 7th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2016. ISBN 978-1-259-25236-5.
EHRENBERG, Ronald and Robert SMITH. Modern Labor Economics. 12th Edition. Theory and Public Policy. Routledge, 2015. ISBN 978-0-13-346278-4.
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Tutorials |
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| Tasks are not Defined |