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 |
Not entered
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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
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Block 4 (Sem 2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 18,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Final examination in the April/May diet |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | |
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 |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
3 hour(s) per week for 6 week(s). |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Tatiana Kornienko
Tel: 0131 650 8338
Email: Tatiana.Kornienko@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sophie Bryan
Tel: (0131 6)50 9905
Email: Sophie.Bryan@ed.ac.uk |
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