Personnel Economics

Personnel economics applies economic tools to topics from human resource management. This course provides an introduction to a wide range of topics relevant to HR managers, such as recruiting and hiring, training investments, or payment schemes

• Course structure

  After successful completion of the course, the student should:

  -understand how economic theory can be used to analyze questions from human resource management, such as recruiting and hiring, training investments, and payment schemes.

  -understand how human resource practices can be analyzed empirically. •be able to apply theoretical and empirical findings to real-life cases.

  -be  able  to  read  and  critically  review  research  papers  using  an  personnel  economics approach 

  Teaching format

  The course consists of lectures, seminars, and cases.

   

   

  Course-PM

  Personnel Economics 2024 (310 Kb)

  Assessment

  Take home-exam, cases and seminar participation.

  Examiner

  Researcher Orsa Kekezi

   

   

• Schedule
  The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.

  • Schedule SO7451 Spring 2025 Day-time 50%

• Course literature
  Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.

  • Valid from Spring 2022

  • Reading list SO7451 - valid from Spring 2022

• Course reports
  • SPRING 2024
  • SPRING 2023
  • SPRING 2022

  Course_report_SO7451_SP24.pdf

  Course_report_SO7451_SO7450_SP23.pdf

  Course_report_SO7451_SO7450_SP22.pdf

  • Course report SO7451 SP 2021

• Contact

  Student Affairs Office

  Study counsellor

  Exchange studies

  Directors of studies, all levels

  Questions about all master's courses/programmes at the Department of Sociology: master@sociology.su.se