Llicenciatura en Economia (3322)
Llicenciatura en Administració i Direcció d'Empreses (3323)

Economia Laboral(11871) 

Tema 1

Labor supply: individual time allocation. Household production and division of labor. Fertility and participation rates.

Tema 2

Labor demand: short/long run, perfectly/imperfectly competitive, elasticity, productivity.

Tema 3

Market equilibrium: wage determination and labor allocation. Perfect competition, monopoly, monopsony, unions. Heterogeneity and wage differentials. Government, taxation and regulation.

Tema 4

Human capital: investment in education. Uncertainty. Borrowing constraints. Family background. Individual abilities. Utility effects. Income distribution. Specialization. Training and mobility.

Tema 5

Contract theory: incentives and risk. Agency models. Moral hazard. Adverse selection and signaling.

Bibliography

McCONNELL, C., BRUE, S. Contemporary Labor Economics. 4a. ed., McGraw-Hill, 1995.

BECKER, G. Human Capital. 3a. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press/NBER, 1993.

KREPS, D. A Course in Microeconomic Theory. Princenton: Princenton University Press, 1990.

Selected readings.