Labor Economics I (6 cr)

Code:
ECON-E0710
Field:
Labor Economics
Targets:
Master’s students Research Master's students PhD students
Organiser:
Aalto University
Instructor:
Kristiina Huttunen
Period:
Period 4
Format:
Lecture
Method:
Contact teaching
Venue:
Otaniemi campus

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This course provides an overview of the modern theoretical and empirical approaches that economists use to analyze the labor markets. We will emphasize the interplay between theory and empirics and cover topics such as labor supply, labor demand, job search, job loss, unemployment and labor market policies.

  • Completion method: contact teaching
  • Schedule: can be found in Sisu
  • Study materials: can be found in MyCourses
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Aalto University Students
  • Code: ECON-E0710

  • Target groups: MSc / rMSc / (PhD students: please contact your supervisor/program director to be sure that the course credit can be counted towards your degree)

  • Credit points: 6

Hanken Students
  • Code: 26012

  • Target groups: MSc / rMSc / (PhD students: please contact your supervisor/program director to be sure that the course credit can be counted towards your degree)

  • Credit points: 6

  • Credit transfer: apply for substitution in Sisu

Further instructions can be found here.

University of Helsinki Students
  • Code: ECOM-432 (MSc)

  • Target groups: MSc / rMSc (/ PhD students: please contact your supervisor/program director to be sure that the course credit can be counted towards your degree)

  • Credit points: 6

  • Credit transfer: apply for substitution in Sisu

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FDPE Students Students
  • Please contact your supervisor/program director to be sure that the course credit can be counted towards your degree

  • Credit transfer: please apply for credit transfer according to your home university's procedures

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At the end of the course, students will be familiar with:

  • Basic concept and theories of labor economics in topics such as labor demand, labor supply, job search, job loss and unemployment, and labor market policies.
  • Examples of empirical work investigating these theories