OPF:SVBPTPZ Labour Market and Employment P - Course Information

SVBPTPZ Labour Market and Employment Policy

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina

Prerequisites

None.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Social Management (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
• Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to provide knowledge about the functioning of the labour market, both from a theoretical point of view and in terms of implemented practice. It affects the main aspects of the labour market as one of the markets of factors of production. It explains in detail the issue of labour supply and labour demand, wage differentials, the effect of unions on labour market and state intervention in the labour market. A large part is devoted to the issue of unemployment that represents a serious microeconomic and macroeconomic problem in many countries. Attention is also paid to the issue of the employment policy in the EU and in the Czech Republic.

Syllabus

• 1. The labour market in conditions of perfect competition
  2. Investment in human capital
  3. Wage differentials in the labour market
  4. Discrimination in the labour market
  5. Monopsony and trade unions on labour market
  6. Wage formation in market economies
  7. Unemployment
  8. Unemployment as a social problem
  9. Employment policy
  10. EU employment policy
  11. Employment policy in the Czech Republic
  12. The system of employment services in the Czech Republic
  13. The international movement of labour
  

Literature

required literature
• HALÁSKOVÁ, R. Politika zaměstnanosti. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7368-522-5. info
• ŠIMEK, M. Ekonomie trhu práce A. Ostrava: VŠB-TU, 2007. ISBN 978-80-248-1416-2. info
• BROŽOVÁ, D. Společenské souvislosti trhu práce. Praha: SLON, 2003. ISBN 80-86429-16-4. info
• MAREŠ, P. Nezaměstnanost jeko sociální problém. Praha: Slon, 2002. ISBN 80-86429-08-3. info
• BUCHTOVÁ, B. a kol. NEZAMĚSTNANOST psychologický, ekonomický a sociální problém. Praha: Grada, 2002. ISBN 80-247-9006-8. info

recommended literature
• CAVIEDES, A., MENZ, G. Labour Migration in Europe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. ISBN 978-0-230-27482-2. info
• ŠIMEK, M. Podpora zaměstnatelnosti znevýhodněných skupin obyvatel v České republice: Nové přístupy a efekty. Brno, 2010. ISBN 978-80-86572-66-6. info
• SIROVÁTKA, T., WINKLER, J., ŽIŽLAVSKÝ, M. eds. Nejistoty na trhu práce. Boskovice: FSS, MU, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7326-6. info
• VÁCLAVÍKOVÁ, A., KOLIBOVÁ, H., KUBICOVÁ, A. Problematika trhu práce a politiky zaměstnanosti. Opava:, 2009. ISBN 978-80-85819-76-2. info
• DURRSCHMIDT, J., TAYLOR, G. P. Globalization, modernity and social change: hotspots of transition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. ISBN 0-333-97157-4. info
• HAVELKOVÁ, B. Rovnost v odměňování žen a mužů. Praha: Auditorium, 2007. ISBN 978-80-903786-2-9. info
• KUCHAŘ, P. Trh práce - sociologická analýza. Praha: Karolinum, 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1383-3. info
• NORBERG, J. Globalizace. Praha: Alfa Publishing, 2006. ISBN 80-86851-32-X. info
• RIEVAJOVÁ, E. a kol. Teória a politika zamestnanosti. Bratislava: Ekonóm, 2006. ISBN 80-225-2263-5. info
• KOTÝNKOVÁ, M. Trh práce na přelomu tisíciletí. Praha: Oeconomica, 2006. ISBN 80-245-1149-5. info
• KOLIBOVÁ, H., KUBICOVÁ, A. Trh práce a politika zaměstnanosti. Karviná: OPF SU, 2005. ISBN 80-7248-321-8. info
• WINKLER, J., ŽIŽLAVSKÝ, M. Český trh práce a Evropská strategie zaměstnanosti. Brno: MU, 2004. ISBN 80-210-3536-X. info
• KAMENÍČEK, J. Lidský kapitál. Úvod do ekonomie chování. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2003. ISBN 80-246-0449-3. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration
Seminar classes

Assessment methods

Credit

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

attendance in seminars 70 %, seminar paper, course credit test

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	47
Přednáška	26
Seminář	13
Zápočet	30
Summary	116

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