ESF:MKV_PTPZ Labour Market and Employment - Course Information

MKV_PTPZ Labour Market and Employment Policy

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Mirka Wildmannová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mirka Wildmannová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Markéta Páleníková, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Jana Biskupová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Sun 19. 10. 16:20–19:35 P303, Sat 22. 11. 16:20–19:35 P303, Sat 29. 11. 8:30–11:50 P303

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! KVPTPO Labour Market and Employ

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)

Course objectives

The course focuses on various aspects of labour and employment policy and its socio-economic aspects. At the end of this course, students should to: • understand the general principles of the employment policy and labour market • have comprehensive knowledge on contemporary models of employment policies and their socio-economic aspects and instruments • understand the relations between education and labour markets • be able to critically discuss the tools and effects of Czech and foreign passive and active labour market policy • be aware of principles of the European labour market policy • be able to carry out analysis of labour market and discuss instruments of employment policy that can address existing challenges

Syllabus

• The lecture plan includes the following topics:
• 1. Introduction to labour policy question; types of unemployment, measurement of unemployment rate, labour supply and demand.
• 2. Economic theory of unemployment, elimination of unemployment.
• 3. Mass unemployment, long-term unemployment development.
• 4. Segmentation of the labour market.
• 5. Human capital, education and labour market relations.
• 6. Labour discrimination, forms of discrimination, costs of discrimination.
• 7. Population at risk at the labour market. Handicapped and non-qualified people, seniors and school-leavers/graduates.
• 8. Individual and social experience of the unemployed people and their life strategy.
• 9. Labour market policy, active and passive labour market policy, legislative framework, labour market law and labour policy instruments.
• 10. Main strategy of unemployment elimination, regulation of the labour market. The European labour market strategy.
• 11. European unemployment, unemployment development, national action labour market plans.
• 12. Migration, factors influencing labour migration, forms and effects of labour migration. 13. Lecture by an external specialist on labour market policy.

Literature

required literature
• Nezaměstnanost jako sociální problém. Edited by Petr Mareš. 3. uprav. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2002, 172 s. ISBN 80-86429-08-3. info
• BROŽOVÁ, Dagmar. Společenské souvislosti trhu práce. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003, 140 s. ISBN 80-86429-16-4. info
• SIROVATKA, Tomáš. Marginalizace na pracovním trhu. Příčiny diskvalifikace a selhávání pracovní síly (Labour market marginalization.). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 151 pp. ISBN 80-210-1716-3. info
• • KLUVE, D. et al. Active Labour Market Policies in Europe, Performance and Perspectives. Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York. 2007. ISBN 978-3-540-48557

recommended literature
• KOTÝNKOVÁ, Magdalena and Otakar NĚMEC. Lidské zdroje na trhu práce : vývoj a tendence v souvislosti se vstupem České republiky do EU. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional publishing, 2003, 199 s. ISBN 8086419487. info
• BOSWORTH, Derek, Peter DAWKINS and Thorsten STROMBACK. The economics of the labour market. 1st pub. Harlow: Longman, 1996, xiv, 460. ISBN 0582443776. info
• The state at work. Edited by Hans-Ulrich Derlien - B. Guy Peters. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2008, x, 229. ISBN 9781847207746. info

Teaching methods

The course takes form of a lectures and seminars. In the lectures, students are acquainted with main issues of labour market and employment policy. During the seminars students have opportunity to develop certain topic and discuss problematic parts. Main part of student's work takes place at their homes - study of the basic literature.

Assessment methods

The course is concluded with an oral exam. Students are eligible to take the oral exam provided that they fulfil given conditions: 1. they pass on line test successfully (a test is regarded as successful if at least 60% of answers are correct). 2. approval of essay. Requirements (including the literature) are specified further in the interactive syllabus and the downloadable study plan before the semester starts. Important information! If students commit a prohibited act, such as using various forbidden tools, cribbing, taking out any part of the exam or any other cheating, the teacher is allowed to interrupt an exam and to grade a student with F, FF or FFF according to the seriousness of the offence. The mentioned procedure relates to all the activities that are included in the final evaluation of the course (seminar work, essays, tests etc.).

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět KVPTPO.
Credit evaluation note: k = 1,5.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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