Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Group project including a presentation and a report produced by groups of 3-4 students on a policy-relevant topic 5000 Words | 30% |
| Semester Exam | 3 Hours Exam | 70% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Essay 1500 Words | 30% |
| Supplementary Exam | 3 Hours Supplementary Exam | 70% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Describe, illustrate and discuss the determination of wage levels and employment levels through the interaction of supply and demand for labour
Critically analyse and evaluate the empirical evidence relating to the relationship between human capital characteristics and income
Understand and be able to demonstrate the purpose, design and implementation of investment on human capital, with particular regard to the UK
Discuss and demonstrate an understanding of the form, implications and limitations of interventions in the labour market
Explain the causes and reasons for wage inequalities between workers and examine empirical evidence on wage discrimination
Evaluate how imposition of policies such as minimum wage laws or social norms such as sex and race discrimination or segmentation of workers affect outcomes
Brief description
The module aims to present the economic study of the labour market and issues in the economics of human resources in a policy oriented context.It examines labour demand and supply, investment in human capital, frictions in the labour market, wage determination within the firm,effects of labour market policies.
Content
Long-run influences on labour supply, especially that of education and training
The matching of workers to jobs in the labour market
Wage determination within the firm
Wage in equalities between workers and the importance of compensating differentials
Investments in Human Capital: Education and Training
Job turnover and Labour Mobility
Pay and hiring discrimination
Collective bargaining
Labour market policies and their evaluation
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Treatment of numerical problems in tutorial exercises, and appropriate examination questions |
| Communication | Oral: During tutorial class discussion Written: in preparation of compulsory coursework component of the module. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Inpreparation for, attending and participating in and reflecting on tutorial classes. Preparing and producing essay and eventual assessment in examination |
| Information Technology | Appropriate accessing of the internet for reference material, and use of word-processing skills in essay production |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Development of various personal and interpersonal skills, generally transferable in career terms, including initiative,independence and self-awareness in addition to skills listed above |
| Problem solving | Treated in lectures and applied in tutorials |
| Research skills | Obtaining, selecting, assimilating information from a variety of sources for use in tutorials,essay preparation and production and expanding on lecture material |
| Subject Specific Skills | Government policy making issues and impact treated in lectures and tutorials |
| Team work | Group oriented tutorial tasks |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6