Economics, Government and Administration | EMPIRICAL LABOR ECONOMICS

cod. 0223100020

EMPIRICAL LABOR ECONOMICS

	0223100020
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E STATISTICHE
	EQF7
	'ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION'
	2020/2021

CURRICULUM ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATION

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SECS-P/01	6	40	LESSONS	OPTIONAL SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE THAT IS IN ENGLISH AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS TO THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LABOUR MARKET. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANALYSE EMPIRICAL STUDIES IN LABOUR ECONOMICS AND TO REPLICATE THEM. THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO BOTH APPLY SOME BASIC STATISTICAL AND ECONOMETRIC METHODS TO SPECIFIC TOPICS RELATED TO THE LABOUR MARKET AND TO TEST WITH REAL-WORLD DATA THE MAIN LABOUR ECONOMICS THEORIES. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: 1) DEFINE A RESEARCH QUESTION RELATED TO THE LABOR MARKET AND/OR PERSONNELL ECONOMICS; 2) IDENTIFY AND/OR COLLECT DATA TO EMPIRICALLY ANSWER THIS QUESTION; 3) DEFINE AND IMPLEMENT THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; 4) PROVIDE SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE MAIN RESULTS.

THE COURSE THAT IS IN ENGLISH AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS TO THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LABOUR MARKET. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANALYSE EMPIRICAL STUDIES IN LABOUR ECONOMICS AND TO REPLICATE THEM. THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO BOTH APPLY SOME BASIC STATISTICAL AND ECONOMETRIC METHODS TO SPECIFIC TOPICS RELATED TO THE LABOUR MARKET AND TO TEST WITH REAL-WORLD DATA THE MAIN LABOUR ECONOMICS THEORIES.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: 1) DEFINE A RESEARCH QUESTION RELATED TO THE LABOR MARKET AND/OR PERSONNELL ECONOMICS; 2) IDENTIFY AND/OR COLLECT DATA TO EMPIRICALLY ANSWER THIS QUESTION; 3) DEFINE AND IMPLEMENT THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; 4) PROVIDE SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE MAIN RESULTS.

	Prerequisites
	MICROECONOMICS, LABOUR ECONOMICS AND BASIC ECONOMETRICS

	Contents
	THE COURSE CONTENT CAN BE DIVIDED IN TWO PART, THE FIRT ONE INVOLVE THE STUDY OF TEN TOPICS ON EMPIRICAL LABOUR MARKET, THE SECOND PART INVOLVE THE STUDY OF AN EMPIRICAL PAPER ON ONE OF THE TOPIC. PART ONE: 1)INTRODUCTION TO THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS IN LABOR ECONOMICS, MAIN RESULTS; (2H) 2) DATA TYPES AND COLLECTION; (2H) 3) INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR AND NON LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS, (4H) 4) IDENTIFICATION STRATEGIES AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES; (2H) 5)LABOUR SUPPLY AND ELASTICITIES OF LABOUR SUPPLY (4H+4H EXERCISE) 6) WAGE EQUATION (2H+2H EXERCISE) 7) SAMPLE SELECTION MODEL (2H+2H EXERCISE); 8)LABOUR MARKET DISCRIMINATION; (2H+2H EXERCISE) 9) EVALUATION METHODS FOR PUBLIC POLICIES IN LABOUR ECONOMICS (2H+2H EXERCISE) 9) QUANTILE REGRESSION (1H+1H EXERCISE) SECOND PART: DEEPENING OF ONE OF THE TOPICS ANALYZED IN THE FIRST PART THROUGH AN ORIGINAL PAPER (4H)

Contents

THE COURSE CONTENT CAN BE DIVIDED IN TWO PART, THE FIRT ONE INVOLVE THE STUDY OF TEN TOPICS ON EMPIRICAL LABOUR MARKET, THE SECOND PART INVOLVE THE STUDY OF AN EMPIRICAL PAPER ON ONE OF THE TOPIC.
PART ONE:
1)INTRODUCTION TO THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS IN LABOR ECONOMICS, MAIN RESULTS; (2H)
2) DATA TYPES AND COLLECTION; (2H)
3) INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR AND NON LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS, (4H)
4) IDENTIFICATION STRATEGIES AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES; (2H)
5)LABOUR SUPPLY AND ELASTICITIES OF LABOUR SUPPLY (4H+4H EXERCISE)
6) WAGE EQUATION (2H+2H EXERCISE)
7) SAMPLE SELECTION MODEL (2H+2H EXERCISE); 8)LABOUR MARKET DISCRIMINATION; (2H+2H EXERCISE)
9) EVALUATION METHODS FOR PUBLIC POLICIES IN LABOUR ECONOMICS (2H+2H EXERCISE)
9) QUANTILE REGRESSION (1H+1H EXERCISE)
SECOND PART:
DEEPENING OF ONE OF THE TOPICS ANALYZED IN THE FIRST PART THROUGH AN ORIGINAL PAPER (4H)

	Teaching Methods
	40 HOURS OF FRONTAL LECTURES SUPPORTED BY APPLIED LABS. STUDENTS WILL LEARN DURING LECTURES EMPIRICAL STUDIES AND THEY WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO REPLICATE SOME OF THEM IN LABS.

	Verification of learning
	EMPIRICAL PROJECT (50% OF THE FINAL MARK) AND FINAL WRITTEN EXAM (50% OF THE FINAL MARK). TJE EMPIRICAL PROJECT WILL CONSIST IN A WRITTEN DISSERTATION AND ITS PRESENTATION ON A EMPIRICAL LABOUR TOPIC. THE FINAL TEST WILL CONSIST OF OPEN QUESTIONS ON THE TOPICS COVERED BY THE COURSE AND 3 QUESTIONS ON THE EMPIRICAL INTERPRETATION OF LABOUR ECONOMICS RESULTS. A MINIMUM SCORE OF 18/30 IN BOTH THE EMPIRICAL PROJECT AND THE WRITTEN TEST IS REQUIRED TO PASS THE COURSE.

Verification of learning

EMPIRICAL PROJECT (50% OF THE FINAL MARK) AND FINAL WRITTEN EXAM (50% OF THE FINAL MARK). TJE EMPIRICAL PROJECT WILL CONSIST IN A WRITTEN DISSERTATION AND ITS PRESENTATION ON A EMPIRICAL LABOUR TOPIC. THE FINAL TEST WILL CONSIST OF OPEN QUESTIONS ON THE TOPICS COVERED BY THE COURSE AND 3 QUESTIONS ON THE EMPIRICAL INTERPRETATION OF LABOUR ECONOMICS RESULTS.
A MINIMUM SCORE OF 18/30 IN BOTH THE EMPIRICAL PROJECT AND THE WRITTEN TEST IS REQUIRED TO PASS THE COURSE.

	Texts
	THERE IS NOT A REQUIRED TEXTBOOK, SLIDE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL THE TOPICS. SOME OF THE TOPICS ARE COVERED IN STEPHEN BAZEN (2007) ECONOMETRICS METHODS FOR LABOUR ECONOMICS. THE FOLLOWING TEXTBOOK IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH BASIC LABOR ECONOMICS MODELS: BORJAS, G. (2015), LABOR ECONOMICS, MCGRAW HILL. ADDITIONAL READING LIST: 1) ANGRIST, J. AND A. KRUEGER (1999). EMPIRICAL STRATEGIES IN LABOR ECONOMICS, IN ASHENFELTER, O. AND CARD, D. (EDS), HANDBOOK OF LABOR ECONOMICS, VOL 3A, ELSEVIER, 1277-1366 2) HECKMAN, J., (1993). WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED ABOUT LABOR SUPPLY IN THE PAST TWENTY YEARS?. AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW 83 (2), 116-121. 3) LALIVE, R. (2007). UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, DURATION AND POST-UNEMPLOYMENT JOBS. AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW 97:2 (2007): 108 –112. FOR EMPIRICAL PROJECT LOOK AT: STYLE HANDBOOK AND STYLE PROJETC HTTPS://WWW.STYLE-RESEARCH.EU/PUBLICATIONS/WORKING-PAPERS

Texts

THERE IS NOT A REQUIRED TEXTBOOK, SLIDE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL THE TOPICS. SOME OF THE TOPICS ARE COVERED IN STEPHEN BAZEN (2007) ECONOMETRICS METHODS FOR LABOUR ECONOMICS. THE FOLLOWING TEXTBOOK IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH BASIC LABOR ECONOMICS MODELS: BORJAS, G. (2015), LABOR ECONOMICS, MCGRAW HILL.
ADDITIONAL READING LIST:
1) ANGRIST, J. AND A. KRUEGER (1999). EMPIRICAL STRATEGIES IN LABOR ECONOMICS, IN ASHENFELTER, O. AND CARD, D. (EDS), HANDBOOK OF LABOR ECONOMICS, VOL 3A, ELSEVIER, 1277-1366
2) HECKMAN, J., (1993). WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED ABOUT LABOR SUPPLY IN THE PAST TWENTY YEARS?. AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW 83 (2), 116-121.
3) LALIVE, R. (2007). UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, DURATION AND POST-UNEMPLOYMENT JOBS. AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW 97:2 (2007): 108 –112.
FOR EMPIRICAL PROJECT LOOK AT:
STYLE HANDBOOK AND STYLE PROJETC HTTPS://WWW.STYLE-RESEARCH.EU/PUBLICATIONS/WORKING-PAPERS