Curs 2007-2008
Llicenciatura en Administració i Direcció d’Empreses
Llicenciatura en Economia
 
Economia Laboral (11871)
Labor Economics
 

Tema 1. Introduction
Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. Cap. 1.

Tema 2. Overview of the Labor Market
2.1. Definitions, facts, and trends.
2.2. A Simplified Model of the Labor Market.
Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. Cap. 2.

Tema 3. Labor Demand
3.1. Short-run and Long-run Labor Demand.
3.2. Dynamic Labor Demand.
Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. Cap. 3 i 5.
FILER, R.; HAMERMESH, D.; REES, A. The Economics of Work and Pay. Nova York: Harper-Collins, 1996. Cap. 4 i 5.

Tema 4. Labor Supply
4.1. Changes in Labor Supply.
4.2. Theory of Choice of Hours of Work.
4.3. Labor Supply and the Family.
Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. Cap. 6 i 7.
FILER, R.; HAMERMESH, D.; REES, A. The Economics of Work and Pay. Nova York: Harper-Collins, 1996. Cap. 2.

Tema 5. Wage Differentials
5.1. Investment in Education.
5.1.1. Human Capital Theory.
5.1.2. Signalling Theory.
Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. Cap. 9.
FILER, R.; HAMERMESH, D.; REES, A. The Economics of Work and Pay. Nova York: Harper-Collins, 1996. Cap. 3.
5.2. Compensating Differentials.
Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. Cap. 8.
FILER, R.; HAMERMESH, D.; REES, A. The Economics of Work and Pay. Nova York: Harper-Collins, 1996. Cap. 10.
5.3. Efficiency Wage Theories.
Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. Cap. 11.
FILER, R.; HAMERMESH, D.; REES, A. The Economics of Work and Pay. Nova York: Harper-Collins, 1996. Cap. 9.

Tema 6. Discrimination
6.1. Evidence on Gender Discrimination.
6.2. Theories of Discrimination.
Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. Cap. 12.
FILER, R.; HAMERMESH, D.; REES, A. The Economics of Work and Pay. Nova York: Harper-Collins, 1996. Cap. 14.

Tema 7. Unemployment
7.1. Frictional Unemployment.
7.2. Structural Unemployment.
7.3. Demand-Deficient or Cyclical Unemployment.
7.3.1. Implicit Contract Theory.
7.3.2. Efficiency Wage Theories.
7.3.3. Insider-Outside Theory.
7.4. Hysteresis.
Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. Cap. 15.
FILER, R.; HAMERMESH, D.; REES, A. The Economics of Work and Pay. Nova York: Harper-Collins, 1996. Cap. 8.

Tema 8. Unions
8.1. The Bargaining Process.
8.2. The Effects of Unions.
Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. Cap. 13.
FILER, R.; HAMERMESH, D.; REES, A. The Economics of Work and Pay. Nova York: Harper-Collins, 1996. Cap. 12 i 13.

Tema 9. Globalization and the Labor Market
9.1. Immigration.
9.2. International Trade.
Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. Cap. 4 i 10.
FILER, R.; HAMERMESH, D.; REES, A. The Economics of Work and Pay. Nova York: Harper-Collins, 1996. Cap. 7.

Bibliografia
EHRENBERG, R.; SMITH, R. Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003.
FILER, R.; HAMERMESH, D.; REES, A. The Economics of Work and Pay. Nova York: Harper-Collins, 1996.