The course discusses in details some of the most important topics in labour economics research by bringing the theory to the data using a combination of empirical methodologies.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Syllabus
We will study three main topics:
- Labour supply
- Labour demand
- Human capital
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures
Assessment
Assessment strategy
In order to assure that students develop their technical competences and their understanding of the theoretical components of the course, a coursework assignment will be set contributing 10% of the overall grade.
An important focus of the course is the issue of how to carry out empirical work transparently and scientifically so as to enable replicability. Hence the importance of the report (worth 70% of the final grade) which is a critical replication study from a selection of papers. During the course, students will learn and be enabled via several practical exercises to carry out such a task.
In order to incentivise students to engage continuously with the course material, students will be invited give brief presentations of key empirical papers that illustrate the material in the lectures. In order to increase engagement further, some students will be assigned the role of discussants. This component of the course will carry 10% and will be graded in the form of Pass/Fail.
This will supported by continuous formative assessment in the of e.g. problem sets. This is the same for internal repeat. Assessment for external repeat and referral is through 100% report.
