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- Code:
- ECON-E0720
- Field:
- Labor Economics
- Targets:
- Master’s students Research Master's students PhD students
- Organiser:
- Aalto University
- Period:
- Period 5
- Format:
- Lecture
- Method:
- Contact teaching
- Venue:
- Otaniemi campus
- Enrollment:
In case of conflicting information consider the Sisu/MyCourses pages the primary source of information.
Overview
The course gives an overview of modern theoretical and empirical approaches used in labor economics to understand educational choices, labor market inequalities between demographic groups, and the effect of technological change and globalization on the labor market. It will also discuss minimum wages.
Teaching
- Completion method: contact teaching
- Schedule: can be found in Sisu
- Study materials: can be found in MyCourses
- To access the course workspace, use all the features and participate in the activities (assignments, discussions), you must have successfully registered for the course in Aalto's Sisu and logged in as an Aalto user with your Aalto IT account (which is generated after you have been granted study rights).
- Workspaces for some courses are open access, but please note the above.
- For more tips on how to register for a MyCourses course area, click here.
Please register for the course in the Aalto Sisu with your Aalto username, further instructions can be found here.
University-specific instructions
Aalto University Students
- Code: ECON-E0720
- 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: 26077
- 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
University of Helsinki Students
- Code: ECOM-446 (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
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
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be familiar with:
- Basic facts about: educational attainment of the workforce, labor market differences between demographic groups, technological change and trends in globalization (trade, migration)
- Main theories for understanding
- educational choices
- differences in labor market outcomes between demographic groups
- how technology and globalization affect the labor market
- Examples of empirical work investigating these theories