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VPL809 Labor Market Policy

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Markéta Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Hora, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Josef Horňáček (seminar tutor)

Supervisor

prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work - Faculty of Social Studies
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of Social Policy and Social Work - Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Sat 25. 2. 9:00–10:30 P52, Sat 31. 3. 9:00–10:30 P52, Sat 12. 5. 9:00–10:30 P52

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP)
• Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Personnel Management and Organizational Development)
• Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Social Policy)

Course objectives

Seznámit posluchače s principy, cíli, nástroji a účinky politiky zaměstnanosti a politiky pracovního trhu. Vést přitom posluchače k pochopení vazeb mezi ekonomickými a sociálními mechanismy, které ovlivňují funkce politiky pracovního trhu. Seznámit posluchače s metodami analýzy pracovního trhu a politiky pracovního trhu, dále se zásadami tvorby a uplatňování opatření a projektů v oblasti zaměstnanosti.

Syllabus

• I. The overall framework, the strategy 1. Implikacations for LM policy emerging from LM theory 2. Employment policy: makroekonomic regulation of labour demand 3. LM policy II. Passsive and active LM policy 4. Income replacement in unemployment and assessment of the schemes of unemployment benefits 5. The developments of active LM policy 6. Active LM policy - the principles and types of measures 7. LM policy in the Czech Republic (specific features) 8. Perspektives of development of employment and LM policy III. Effects of LM policy and evaluation 9. The effects of LM policy 10. Analysis of the effects of LM policy

Literature

• Winkler, Jiří - Žižlavský, Martin (eds) 2004. Český trh práce a Evropská strategie zaměstnanosti. Brno : Fakulta sociálních studií Masarykova univerzita.
• Serrano Pacual, A., Magnusson, L. Reshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes. Oxford: Peter Lang.
• Sirovátka, T,. Mareš, P. (eds) 2003. Trh práce, nezaměstnanost, sociální politika. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
• Sirovátka T.: Politika pracovního trhu, MU v Brně, 1995.
• Calmfors L. Active Labour Market Policy and Unemployment. A Framework for the Analysis of Crucial Design Features. Paris, OECD 1994
• OECD 2005. Employment Outlook. Chapter 4: Labour Market Programmes and Activation Strategie: Evaluating the Impacts (www. oecd.org)
• Nicaise I. et al. „Pitfalls and Dilemmas in Labour Market Policies for Disadvantaged Groups and How to Avoid Them.“ European Journal of Social Policy 1995, 5: 199-217.

Assessment methods

class discussion, homeworks, reading 2 tests seminar paper exam

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.

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