COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LABOUR ECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 5023 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LABOUR ECONOMICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ZEKI ERDUT

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand structure and function of the labor market in our country in the era of globalization. This course is important and necessary for the students to scrutinize the emerging changes related to the economic and social policies in Turkey in the field of labour economics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the observed transformations in labour markets and in the field of labour economics
2   To learn policies and practices related to the functioning and characteristics of labor markets
3   To analyze failures of the labor markets in terms of social and economic aspects
4   To compare the change in the labor market on a global scale and in Turkey in terms of time and space
5   To discuss the social and economic crisis and transformations in global scale in terms of labour markets and their affects on Turkey in the era of globalization

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Main Concepts
2 Labour Market
3 Labour Supply
4 Labour Demand
5 Labor Market Equilibrium
6 Unemployment
7 Midterm Exam
8 Labor Theory of Value
9 Wage Theories
10 Wage Formation
11 Wage and Price
12 Trade Unionism and Labour Market
13 Collective Barganing
14 Social Protection

Recomended or Required Reading

Addison, John T.; Orgül Demet Öztürk, Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Female Employment and Unemployment: A Cross-Country Analysis. IZA DP No. 5162, Bonn, September 2010.
Aksu, Ömer A.; Ücretler ve Verimlilik. I.Ü. Iktisat Fakültesi, Yayın No. 538, Istanbul, 1983.
Akyüz, Yılmaz; Emek-Değer Teorisi ve Nitelikli Işgücü Sorunu. Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Yayınları, No. 441, Ankara, 1980.
Akyüz, Yılmaz; From Liberazlization to Investment and Jobs: Lost in Translation. Working Paper No. 74, Policy Integration Department International Labour Office, Geneva, 2006.
Akyüz Yılmaz; Sermaye, Bölüşüm, Büyüme. 3. Basım, Eflatun Yayınevi, Ankara, Ocak 2009
Amable, Bruno; Ernst, Ekkerhard; Palombarini, Stefano; How do Financial Markets affect Industrial Relations: An Institutional Complementariy Approach, Socio-Economic Review, No.3, 2005, s. 311-329.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

: Lecture, weekly readings, paper and others.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zeki.erdut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1354
LO.2354
LO.3354
LO.4354
LO.5354

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