1 | Course Title: | LABOUR ECONOMICS I |
2 | Course Code: | CAL3101 |
3 | Type of Course: | Compulsory |
4 | Level of Course: | First Cycle |
5 | Year of Study: | 3 |
6 | Semester: | 5 |
7 | ECTS Credits Allocated: | 5 |
8 | Theoretical (hour/week): | 3 |
9 | Practice (hour/week) : | 0 |
10 | Laboratory (hour/week) : | 0 |
11 | Prerequisites: | None |
12 | Recommended optional programme components: | None |
13 | Language: | Turkish |
14 | Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
15 | Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. RABİHAN YÜKSEL ARABACI |
16 | Course Lecturers: | Öğr. Gör. DR. Aysu SERDAR |
17 | Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator: |
Doç. Dr. Rabihan Yüksel Arabacı rabihan@uludag.edu.tr, 0224 2940728 Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi İİBF, Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri İlişkileri Bölümü Görükle/Bursa |
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19 | Objective of the Course: | The aim of the course is to understand how the labor market works. |
20 | Contribution of the Course to Professional Development | It has a contribution towards creating a basis for the development of students' professional skills related to labor economics. |
21 | Learning Outcomes: |
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22 | Course Content: |
Week | Theoretical | Practical |
1 | Labor Economics: Some Basic Concepts | |
2 | Labor market: definition, actors and features | |
3 | Labor supply | |
4 | The effect of wage and non-wage income on labor supply | |
5 | The impact of welfare policies on labor supply | |
6 | Household labor supply | |
7 | Lifetime supply of labor | |
8 | Labor supply at the macro level: LFPR and its determinants | |
9 | Short-term labor demand | |
10 | Long-term labor demand | |
11 | Substitution elasticity | |
12 | Equilibrium in a perfectly competitive labor market | |
13 | Equilibrium in non-fully competitive labor markets: Monopsone | |
14 | Equilibrium in non-perfectly competitive labor markets: Monopoly |
23 | Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials: |
Çalışma Ekonomisi, Kemal Biçerli. Çalışma Ekonomosi, George J. Borjas (cev. Ç.E. Şahin, K. Gökten, Ü. Akçay). Labor Economics , Robert F.Elliott Modern Labor Economics, Ronald G.Ehrenberg, Robert S. Smith |
24 | Assesment |
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES | NUMBER | PERCENT |
Midterm Exam | 1 | 40 |
Quiz | 0 | 0 |
Homeworks, Performances | 0 | 0 |
Final Exam | 1 | 60 |
Total | 2 | 100 |
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade | 40 | |
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade | 60 | |
Total | 100 | |
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course | Measurement and evaluation are carried out with multiple choice test questions, completion questions, and short-answer written questions. | |
Information | This course is evaluated with a relative evaluation system. |
25 | ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE |
Activites | NUMBER | TIME [Hour] | Total WorkLoad [Hour] |
Theoretical | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Practicals/Labs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Self Study and Preparation | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Homeworks, Performances | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Projects | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midtermexams | 1 | 25 | 25 |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Final Exams | 1 | 43 | 43 |
Total WorkLoad | 152 | ||
Total workload/ 30 hr | 5,07 | ||
ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 |
26 | CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LO: Learning Objectives | PQ: Program Qualifications |
Contribution Level: | 1 Very Low | 2 Low | 3 Medium | 4 High | 5 Very High |