CdSECONOMICS
Codice527PP
CFU6
PeriodoPrimo semestre
LinguaInglese



Lo studente acquisirà conoscenze circa il funzionamento dei mercati del lavoro, con particolare riferimento alla realtà europea.
The student will learn the working of labour markets in general, focus in particular on the European markets.
Esame scritto
Written exam held at each exam session.
Lo studente sarà in grado di analizzare gli andamenti del mercato del lavoro e gli effetti degli interventi in questo ambito.
Esame scritto
The student will be asked to describe, derive and explain the main models studied in the course.
Lo studente sarà in grado di intendere e di volere.
Non sono previste verifiche dei compartamenti degli studenti.
Sono richieste discrete conoscenze di matematica, algebra ed econometria. Anche un po' di conoscenza di microeconomia sarà di aiuto.
Some knowledge of maths, calculus and econometrics. A bit of microeconomics will help.
Lectures
1. The classical theory of labour markets: labour supply and demand; wage and employment.
2. Job search theory at the micro and macro level.
3. Labour institutions and policies in Europe: introduction to union bargaining, minimum wage, employment protection, unemployment insurance, active labour policies.
4. Empirical Labour Economics: statistical methods for the evaluation of impact of labour policies.
5. Labour Mobility in the EU.
6. Efficiency wages.
7. Unions and Wage Bargaining.
8. Employment Relations in the EU.
CORSINI LECTURES:
The classical labour market
Job Search I: the Beveridge Curve
Job Search II: wages and unemployment
Job Search III: unemployment duration
Labour Policies: passive policies
Labour Policies: active policies
Labour Policies: employment protection
EU integration and Mobility
Introduction to Empirical Labour Economics
Empirical Applications to labour markets
Efficiency wages
MECCHERI LECTURES:
Efficiency wages
Unions and the labour market
Monopoly union model
Wage Bargaining
Union Efficient contracts and strikes
Tutto il materiale può essere trovato al seguente link:
https://elearning.ec.unipi.it/course/view.php?id=270
Material and bibliography will be uploaded on the elearning platform
https://elearning.ec.unipi.it/course/view.php?id=270
Esame scritto
Written exam
The course is based on a Jean Monnet module we hosted in the past here. Further material about that module can be found at:
https://labourecoeu.ec.unipi.it/