EI518 EUROPEAN LABOR MARKETS AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
| Course Code: | 8380518 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | European Integration |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. HAKAN ERCAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
The aim of the course is to impart the student an understanding of European labour markets. Note that, there are different labour policies within the European Union along an axis of labour flexibility and job security. Each enlargement had an impact on labour markets and labour market institutions. These experiences should shed light on the likely effects of future Turkish membership. The course will be analytically rigorous but not technically so. The perspective is economic and political. Active student participation is required and each student will be asked to analyze and present a specific country as part of the grading requirement.Main Topics
1) Economic background and the European labour markets relative to the US: Stylised facts and an outline of differences within the EU.
2) Basic labour economics: Elementary level introduction of the analytical framework and concepts in order to form a common vocabulary.
3) Brief European demographics.
4) Analysis of European unemployment: What causes it where and why is it so persistent? Lessons for Turkey.
5) Labour market institutions and policies within the EU.
6) Active labour market policies: Where do they work?
7) Debate: Fill in the blank concept of ‘flexicurity’.