Prof Yona Rubinstein CKK5.32

Dr Christiane Szerman TBC

This course is available on the MRes/PhD in Economics, MRes/PhD in Economics and Management and MRes/PhD in Management (Marketing). This course is not available as an outside option.

The aim of the course is to familiarise students with main theoretical and empirical issues in current labour economics, to provide them with the tools for conducting independent research in the field, and to provide a perspective on areas of ongoing research. The course has a strong applied focus. For each major topic covered we will investigate the main available theories in light of their testable implications, discuss the advantages and limitations of existing empirical work and assess policy options.Topics are likely to include:

• The inequality and distributional consequences of labour market policies.

• The economics of entrepreneurship: self-employment and business entrepreneurship; labour market discrimination; human traits and labour market skills; the family and the labour market



Additional topics are explored in Labour Economics for Research Students I in the Autumn Term. The two half unit courses are designed to complement each other.

30 hours of lectures in the WT. 

This course is delivered through lectures totalling a minimum of 30 hours in Winter Term. Attendance is compulsory.

Students will discuss papers in lectures.

Readings will be mainly from journal articles; a list will be supplied at the start of term.

Take-home assessment (100%) in the ST.