Postgraduate Course: Economics of Labour Markets (ECNM11009)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The module focuses on the theories and empirical evidence concerning the way that labour markets work, examining one of the most active and policy-relevant areas in economics. A central part of the module is hands-on learning of the essential ¿tool-kit¿ of econometric methods used to examine labour market and other applied microeconomic topics. The basic labour market theories will be discussed in lecture as well as how the literature has tried to test these theories. Students are then given data to replicate the findings from the literature. |
| Course description |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Students should be registered for MSc Economics or MSc Economics (Finance). All other students must email sgpe@ed.ac.uk in advance to request permission. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
| See Description
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Reading List
Pierre Cahuc and Andre Zylberberg, Labor Economics (2004 MIT Press)
Joshua Angrist and Jorn-Steffen Pischke, Mostly Harmless Econometrics (2009 Princeton University Press)
Relevant journal articles.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
3 hour(s) per week for 6 week(s). |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Jonathan Thomas
Tel: (0131 6)50 4515
Email: Jonathan.Thomas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sophie Bryan
Tel: (0131 6)50 9905
Email: Sophie.Bryan@ed.ac.uk |
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