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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2016 |
| Angebotsmuster | Jedes Frühjahrsem. |
| Dozierende | Conny Wunsch (conny.wunsch@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Content: The objective of the course is to enable students to make informed decisions about policy proposals that affect labor market institutions. To reach this goal, students obtain a profound understanding of the effects of differently designed labor market institutions on the labor market, both from a theoretical perspective and the empirical literature. The course does not cover all relevant labor market institutions but focuses on the issues most important on the current policy agenda: the sustainability of social insurance systems (unemployment, disability and pension insurance, social assistance), ageing populations and the demographic change (retirement and family policies), minimum wages, and migration policies. We start by discussing the theoretical effects of a given institution on the labor market. Afterwards we discuss the empirical literature that analyzes how the institution affects the labor market in reality. We conclude each topic by summarizing lessons learned for possible policy improvements that reduce undesired effects on the labor market. |
| Lernziele | Learning objectives: The objective of the course is to enable students to make informed decisions about policy proposals that affect labor market institutions. To reach this goal, students obtain a profound understanding of the effects of differently designed labor market institutions on the labor market, both from a theoretical perspective and the empirical literature. |
| Literatur | Literature: A good background is provided by Boeri, Tito and Jan van Ours (2013): “The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets”, 2nd ed., Princeton: Princeton University Press. The relevant chapters are indicated in the schedule below. The papers that contain relevant empirical applications will be posted on ADAM. |
| Bemerkungen | The lecture takes place 4 hours, but only every fortnight, on the following dates: 23.2./8.3./5.4./19.4./3.5./17.5./30.5.2016 |
| Weblink | Weblink to ADAM |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | Prerequisites: Completed Bachelor and basic knowledge of labour economics on the level of the course "Arbeitsmarktökonomie" offered on the Bachelor's level of the University of Basel is required. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Registration: Please enrol in MOnA. EUCOR-Students and Exchange-Students have to enrol at the students administration office (studsek@unibas.ch) within the official enrolment period. Enrolment = Registration for the exam! |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Internationales Zusatzwissen (Master European Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.02.2015)) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Arbeit, Migration und Gesellschaft (Master European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Labour Economics, Human Resources and Organization (Master Wirtschaftswissenschaften) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Semesterendprüfung |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Grading: Grading will be based on a group assignment. The content of the assignment is an in-depth discussion and evaluation of a policy proposal regarding one of the institutions discussed in class. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmeldung: Belegen |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,1 |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät / WWZ, studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät |