Labor and Personnel Economics

Prof. Dr. Claus Schnabel
Summer Term 2024

Wednesday 15:00 – 16:30 h, room LG 0.143;
First appointment: April 17th, 2024

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Outline

1. Overview of the labor market
2. Labor supply
3. Human capital
4. Labor demand
5. Search and matching
6. Mobility and migration
7. Wages
8. Employment relationships and work incentives
9. Unemployment

Tim Kovalenko
Summer Term 2024

Thursday, 16:45 -18:15 h, room LG 0.144;
First appointment: April 25, 2024

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Dates and Topics

April 25, 2024        Labor Supply

May 02, 2024        auxiliary date

May 16, 2024         Human Capital

June 13, 2024         Labor Demand

June 20, 2024        Search and Migration

June 27, 2024        Wages

July 04, 2024         auxiliary date

July 11, 2024         Employment Relationships and Work Incentives

July 18, 2024         Unemployment

Please note

Detailed questions that will be addressed in each session will be available for download from StudOn. Participants are expected to prepare for and to actively participate in the exercises based on the lecture notes and the related and relevant literature.

• Cahuc / S. Carcillo / A. Zylberberg : Labor Economics, 2^nd ed., Cambridge, Mass. 2014 (graduate level)
• P. Garibaldi: Personnel Economics in Imperfect Labour Markets, Oxford 2006 (undergraduate / graduate level)
• G. J. Borjas: Labor Economics, ^9th ed., New York 2024 (undergraduate level)