Labor Market in the Open Economy

obligatory courses

(in Polish) Zaliczone kursy mikroekonomii i makroekonomii co najmniej na poziomie średniozaawansowanym

Zaliczony kurs makroekonomia zaawansowana; w tym szczególnie część dotycząca rynku pracy

Course is devoted to the analysis of the functioning of the labour market at the national level (in an open economy setting) and at the international level. It explains the dependence of the functioning of the national labour market in the international context, with particular emphasis on migration.

Introductory classes, describing the basic problems and theories that explain the open labour market, take the form of a lecture combined with a discussion. Further classes, devoted to particular problems of the impact of the international environment of the imperfect labour market and adequate public policies will be used to present student presentations (prepared in two-person teams). The same teams are working on the paper on the same topic.

Part 1.

1. Labour market - preliminary concepts and tendencies

2. Theoretical basis of labour market analysis

3. Problematic areas on the labour market

Part 2.

3. Differences between national labour markets - the perspective of human capital resources

4. Labour market and international trade (determinants of international trade through the labour market, determinants of the labour market through trade)

5. Institutional solutions on the labour market - international diversification

6. International labour standards

7. EU policy towards labour markets (Lisbon Strategy and Europe 2020)

8. Directions of international migration, with particular emphasis on the EU

9. Causes and effects of migration with particular emphasis on economic migrations

10. The importance of national institutional solutions for creating migration flows

11. Adjustments in the markets of recipient and push countries of migrants

12. Migration policy

13. Poland as a country of emigration

Basic:

- Cahuc P.,A. Zylberberg, Labor Economics (2004), The MIT Press.

- Grotkowska G. (2012), Czy Polska importuje bezrobocie? O wpływie handlu zagranicznego na polski rynek pracy w okresie transformacji WUW, Warszawa.

- International Migration Report 2017.

- Kaczmarczyk P. (2005), Migracje zarobkowe Polaków w dobie przemian, WUW, Warszawa.

Supplementary:

- Castles S., H De Haas, MJ Miller (2013), The age of Migration: International population movements in the Modern World, Macmillan International Higher Education.

- Employment and Social Development in Europe – różne wydania.

- OECD Employment Outlook - – różne wydania.

- Rules of the Game: an introduction to standards-related work of the ILO (2019).

- Slaughter M.J.,(1998) International trade and labour-market outcomes: Results, questions, and policy options w: The Economic Journal.

Knowledge

Student:

- knows the phenomena occurring in the labour market in a global scale, as well as in individual countries or EU,

- knows and understands the basic theories related to the functioning of the labour market within an open economy, in particular to the links between the labour market, international trade and migration,

- knows and understands how these theories explain the interdependence of national labour markets,

- knows the basic facts regarding the domestic labour market, knows which of trends are related to the opening of the national economy,

- knows key theories of international migration,

- knows the methods of empirical verification of all the above theories.

Skills

Student:

- can find theoretical and empirical literature referring to selected problems of the labour market at the international scale and is able to critically analyse it,

- can collect data on the international labour market and migration and explain them using statistical tools and using the knowledge of theory,

- knows how to identify problems that arise on the labour market under the influence of the opening of the national economy and is able to analyse them,

- can anticipate changes in international dependencies in response to changes in the domestic labour market, as well as changes arising on the domestic labour market under the influence of international links,

- can present an analysis of a labour market problem in an open economy in a concise presentation.

Social competences

Student:

- is able to discuss and present topic in the form of a presentation and a paper during group work

- is prepared to participate in public debates on these topics raised during classes, understanding the importance of substantive arguments,

- is aware of the dynamic changes taking place on the labour market in the context of international cooperation and

knows that it is necessary to supplement knowledge in this field for the preservation of own competences

KW01, KW02, KW03, KW04, KW05, KU01, KU02, KU03, KU04, KU05, KU06, KU07, KK01, KK02, KK03

In order to get a credit for the course it is necessary to fulfil the following conditions:

- attendance (max. 2 absences allowed)

- participation in discussions (up to 10 points)

- handing-in of a paper of 12-20 pages, prepared in 2-person teams (evaluation - up to 30 points)

- presentation of a paper (semester work) prepared in a 2-person team as above (graded up to 20 points)

- final exam (test, graded up to 40 points)