LABOR ECONOMICS

Course Information
TitleΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ / LABOR ECONOMICS
Code12ΥΗ06
FacultySocial and Economic Sciences
SchoolEconomics
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorStelios Roupakias
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600000441

Programme of Study: UPS School of Economics (2013-today)

Registered students: 141
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
OIKONOMIASCompulsory Course belonging to the selected specialization (Compulsory Specialization Course)846
DIOIKĪSĪ EPICΗEIRĪSEŌNElective Courses belonging to the other846

Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodSpring
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours4
Class ID
600123322
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. Explain, on the supply side, the factors that affect the decision of an individual to choose a particular job or a career. 2. Explain how governments’ policies could affect the decisions of the individual. 3. Explain, on the demand side, the factors that affect the decision of a firm to hire and fire workers to offer jobs with different characteristics (amenities and training for example) to discriminate among different workers to choose particular compensation policies and to offer different career paths. 4. Explain how government policies and unions can affect the decisions of the individuals and of the firm.
General Competences
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures1605.7
Reading Assigment20.1
Written assigments20.1
Exams20.1
Total1665.9
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. BORJAS J. GEORGE (2016) Tα Οικονομικά της Εργασίας, Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Κριτική 2. ΔΕΔΟΥΣΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ, ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ (2014) Πολιτική Οικονομία της Αγοράς Εργασίας, Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Gutenberg
Last Update
29-04-2018