EVSPTPZ Labour Market and Employment Policy

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Ing. Michal Tvrdoň, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Ing. Michal Tvrdoň, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Tomáš Verner (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová
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
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
  • ROGOWSKI, R., R. SALAIS, N. WHITESIDE. Transforming European Employment Policy: Labour Market Transitions and Promotion of Capability. Cheltenham, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84980-7. 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
  • JÍROVÁ, H. Trh práce a politika zaměstnanosti. Praha: VŚE, 1999. ISBN 80-7079-635-9. info
    recommended literature
  • RIEVAJOVÁ, E. a kol. Teória a politika zamestnanosti. Bratislava: Ekonóm, 2006. ISBN 80-225-2263-5. info
  • HOLMAN, R. Ekonomie - 4. vyd. Praha: Beck, 2005. ISBN 80-7179-891-6. info
  • KOLIBOVÁ, H., KUBICOVÁ, A. Trh práce a politika zaměstnanosti. Karviná: OPF SU, 2005. ISBN 80-7248-321-8. info
  • SCIARRA, S., P. DAVIES, M. FREEDLAND. Employment Policy and the Regulation of Part-time Work in the European Union. New York, 2004. ISBN 978-0-521-84002-6. info
  • KAMENÍČEK, J. Lidský kapitál. Úvod do ekonomie chování. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2003. ISBN 80-246-0449-3. info
  • WINKLER, J., WILDMANOVÁ, M. Evropské pracovní trhy a průmyslové vztahy. Praha: Computer Press, 1999. ISBN 80-7226-195-9. info
  • BECKER, G. S. Lidský kapitál a ekonomický růst. Praha: Centrum liberálních studií, 1996. ISBN 80-85341-56-5. info
Teaching methods
Laboratory work
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 50 %, seminar paper, course credit test
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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