Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2016-17

This course introduces the main concepts of modern labor economics. The course presents a set of tools that allow to interpret the labor statistics, to be familiar with the labor market and employment regulation and to understand how these affect and are affected by other areas of economic activity. The course combines microeconomic and macroeconomic theories (developed to understand how the labor market works) with the empirical analysis and policy evaluation of the labor market.

Thus, students will learn how to apply economic reasoning and models studied in previous microeconomics and macroeconomics courses to understand how the various economic agents interact in the labor market and how these interactions are affecting the aggregate economic indicators. Also, basic tools of data analysis discussed in previous courses are applied to empirically analyze different aspects of the labor market.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

General Competences (CG)

  • CG1 : Capacity to carry out research work.
  • CG2 : Capacity to find data (natural and experimental) and analyse it.
  • CG3 : Capacity to apply economic theory to represent real situations.
  • CG4 : Capacity for teamwork.
  • CG5 : Capacity for self-learning.
  • CG6 : Ethical commitment and social responsibility at work, respecting the environment, being aware and understanding the importance of respect for fundamental rights, equal opportunities for men and women, universal accessibility for the disabled and respect for the values of a peaceful, democratic society.
  • CG7 : Analyse problems using critical reasoning, without prejudice and with precision and rigor.
  • CG8 : Capacity for synthesis.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE1 : Capacity to read Economic research articles in a reasoned fashion and evaluate them critically, understand their essential contributions and weaknesses.
  • CE2 : Capacity to understand how the technical problems faced by authors of research articles have been resolved in each case.
  • CE3 : Capacity to test theorems and propositions.
  • CE4 : Capacity to understand and reproduce empirical analyses and simulation experiments on which the conclusions of research articles written by other authors are based.
  • CE5 : Capacity to present important economic problems precisely and respond adequately to said problems by using the techniques learnt on the different courses, using theoretical and empirical analyses or simulations if necessary.
  • CE6 : Ability to write a research report or article describing the problem dealt with, analysing previous literature on the subject, clearly presenting the solution obtained for the problem and synthesising the conclusions of the work.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2016-17


- To understand the factors that determine the outcomes observed in labor markets in today's globalized world.
- To understand how workers, firms, unions and the government interact in the labor market and how these interactions are transferred to economic indicators observed.
- To be able to evaluate the importance of public policy in the context of the labor market.
- To be able to analyze different aspects of real world labor markets.

 

 

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General

Code: 41225
Lecturer responsible:
ALBARRAN PEREZ, PEDRO
Credits ECTS: 5,00
Theoretical credits: 1,20
Practical credits: 0,40
Distance-base hours: 3,40

Departments involved

  • Dept: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Area: FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    Theoretical credits: 1,2
    Practical credits: 0,4
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

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