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36778-01 - Vorlesung: The Economics of Unemployment: Classical and Behavioral Approaches (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2017 |
| Angebotsmuster | Jedes Frühjahrsem. |
| Dozierende | Conny Wunsch (conny.wunsch@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Content: The course starts with an introduction to classical job search theory and its predictions for job search behavior and labor market outcomes. Afterwards, we discuss the main criticisms of this theory and continue by discussing alternative behavioral approaches to model job search behavior, how this changes the predictions from theory, and how this compares to actual behavior in reality. |
| Lernziele | Learning objectives: The objective of the course is to obtain a profound understanding of the economics of unemployment and how classical views have to be adjusted when behavioural aspects are taken into account. Moreover, students learn to study actual job search behavior of unemployed workers and to contrast it with theory. |
| Literatur | Literature (provided on ADAM): Rogerson, R., R. Shimer and R. Wright (2005): “Search-Theoretic Models of the Labor Market: A Survey”, Journal of Economic Literature, 43(4), 959-988. McFayden, R. and J. Thomas (1997): “Economic and Psychological Models of Job Search Behavior of the Unemployed”, Human Relations, 50(12), 1461-1484. DellaVigna, S. (2009): “Psychology and Economics: Evidence from the Field”, Journal of Economic Literature, 47(2), 315-372. Further readings will be provided on ADAM. |
| Bemerkungen | The lecture takes place in 4-hour blocks on the following dates: Thursday 20.4./11.5./1.6. and Friday 17.3./24.3./31.3.2017from 10:15-14:00 (including a 30 min lunch break 11:45-12:15). |
| Weblink | Weblink |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Requirements: No formal requirements. Assignents will require some background in empirical research methods and the use of statistical software (e.g. STATA). Students who have attended the course "Arbeitsmarktökonomie" or "Angewandte Ökonometrie" on the Bachelors level should be prepared well for the course. |
| 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 (Masterstudium: European Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.02.2015)) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Arbeit, Migration und Gesellschaft (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Labour Economics, Human Resources and Organization (Master Wirtschaftswissenschaften) |
| Prüfung | Semesterendprüfung |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Grading: In groups of 2-4 students (depending on class size) students study actual job search behavior of unemployed workers based on German data. Grading is based on a set of three assignments. The assignments will be handed out after the third,fourth and fifth lecture, respectedly, and will be presented by the group members and discussed in class in the following lecture. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmeldung: Belegen |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,1 |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät / WWZ, studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät |