Labour Market, Economic Growth and Inequality
The course provides an overview of sociological and economic perspectives on growth and the distribution of rewards and resources within the labour markets of advanced industrialised countries.
Themes include the development of economic growth, unemployment, and the distribution of incomes in different countries, supply and demand for qualifications on the labour market and the matching between them, the development of inequality in working life along the categories class, gender, and ethnicity, and the effects of globalisation on national labour markets. The relation between theoretical models and empirical analyses within these and similar fields is a primary focus in this course.
The course runs at half-time pace. There are eight 2-hour meetings during the course. At each meeting (except meeting one), the first hour consists of an overview lecture and the second hour of a seminar with expected active participation of all students.
Assessment
There are four requirements for passing the course:
- Active participation at all meetings (absence from one meeting is accepted without compensation)
- One prepared introductory discussion (5-10 minutes) at one of the seminars
- Completion of all reflective texts
- Completion of essay (take-home exam)
