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Labor Markets in the EU

Class at Faculty of Humanities |
YBAU045

Syllabus

Students are required to follow the instructions and requirements specified in the course sylabus available at https://upces.cerge-ei.cz/academic-life/upces-courses-a-z Scroll for the UPCES Course List and click on the particular course for course description and syllabus.

Reading materials: the coordinators of the UPCES programme will inform the enrolled students where to get them.

Annotation

This course will look at key European labour market issues from an empirical angle. It will for instance consider topics such as wage determination, skill formation, unemployment and international migration within the context of the labour markets, institutions and policies of the EU.

We will apply Labour Economics view on imperfect labour markets, and address empirically policy-makers’ questions on for instance minimum wages, unemployment benefits and flexecurity, education programs, family policies, retirement programs or immigration and integration policies.