Labour and Population Economics

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент прикладной экономики

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 1 модуль

Преподаватель

Рожкова Ксения Викторовна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Labour and Population Economics is an applied course designed for Master’s students in Population and Development and other students, interested in social science and economic research. The course introduces students to traditional and contemporary topics in labour and population economics, with an emphasis on empirical methods and applied analysis. Topics covered include the functioning of the labour market, the supply and demand for labour, labour market institutions, wage structure and wage determination, human capital and the returns to education, and evaluation of labour market policies. The course also demonstrates selected topics in demographic and health behaviour in different contexts.On completion of the course, students will be able to understand the relationship between theory and empirical approaches to the labour market and population economics, acquire data analysis skills in applied labour market research, and apply empirical findings to policy issues. Though there are no strict prerequisites, decent knowledge of statistics and data management experience would be helpful.

Learning Objectives

• Familiarising students with modern empirical approaches in labour and population economics;
• Developing practical skills for real socio-economic data analysis;
• Applying theoretical knowledge to the analysis of real processes in the labour market;
• Developing the ability to discuss, argue and defend one's point of view on issues related to labour and population economics;
• Developing he ability to plan and carry out independent empirical research.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Generating research hypotheses for applied labour market research
• Organising effective forms of interpersonal communication to conduct micro-level analyses and present the results to a professional audience
• Interpreting empirical results
• Explaining investments in education in theoretical framework of human capital and signals
• Selecting appropriate empirical tools to measure returns to education
• Selecting appropriate empirical tools to measure policy effects in the labour market
• Selecting appropriate empirical tools to measure wage inequality in the labour market

Course Contents

• Introduction to labour and population economics
• Labour supply
• Labour demand. Labour market equilibrium
• Wage structure. Human capital
• Labour market policies and institutions
• Gender economics. Family economics.
• Technology

Assessment Elements

• Quiz
• Class participation
• Project
  Late submission is graded with a 30% penalty
• Test

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 1st module
  0.2 * Class participation + 0.4 * Project + 0.1 * Quiz + 0.3 * Test

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Blau, F. D., & Kahn, L. M. (2007). Changes in the Labor Supply Behavior of Married Women: 1980——2000. Journal of Labor Economics, 25(3), 393–438. https://doi.org/10.1086/513416
• Daron Acemoglu. (2002). Technical Change, Inequality, and The Labor Market. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.F00BCF15
• Labor economics, Borjas, G. J., 2015
• Labor economics, Borjas, G., 2016
• Nickell, S. (1997). Unemployment and Labor Market Rigidities: Europe versus North America. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 11(3), 55–74. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.11.3.55

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Angrist, J. D., & Pischke, J.-S. (2009). Mostly Harmless Econometrics : An Empiricist’s Companion. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=329761
• David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz, & Melissa S. Kearney. (2008). Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Revising the Revisionists. The Review of Economics and Statistics, (2), 300. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.90.2.300
• Essentials of econometrics, Gujarati D, 1992
• Grossman, M. (1972). On the Concept of Health Capital and the Demand for Health. Journal of Political Economy, 80(2), 223–255. https://doi.org/10.1086/259880
• Michael Spence. (1973). Job Market Signaling. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, (3), 355. https://doi.org/10.2307/1882010
• Pedro Carneiro, & James J. Heckman. (2003). Human Capital Policy. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.5D98E766

Authors

• ROZHKOVA KSENIA VIKTOROVNA