Labor Market
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Course informations
| Study program level |
Graduate |
| Study program |
Management |
| Study program direction |
Small and medium enterprises |
| Course year |
2. |
| Course semester |
IV |
| Course status |
Elective |
| ECTS |
4 |
| Lectures (h) |
15 |
| Excercises (h) |
30 |
| Seminars (h) |
- |
Course objectives
- Give an overview of the fundamental characteristics of the labor market
- Understanding the way in which income policy affects inflation and other macroeconomic sizes
Course outcomes
- Critically evaluate the characteristics of the labor market
- Determine productivity of work
- Critically evaluate the impact of taxation policy on enterprise and economy efficiency
- Re-examine the role of trade unions in the labor market
- Compare the ways in which income policy affects inflation and other macroeconomic sizes
- Develop a market analysis on a given example
Course content
Offer and demand for work. Quality of work: investing in human capital: concept and data. Determining wages. Labor market equilibrium. Population, employment and unemployment. Productivity of the workforce. Discrimination in labor markets. Country and labor market: employment, consumption and taxation. Country and labor market: legislation and regulation. Unions and collective bargaining. Economic influence of trade unions.
