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| CEK 225 | Labour Economics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of LABOR ECONOMICS and INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aims of this course, is to inform about fundamental knowledge of labour theory, and to discuss economic and social problems in the labour markets. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | define of labor markets as theoretical and real. | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | comprehend the activities and characteristics of labor market.
| 1,2,3,4,5 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | collect and display the datas of labor market. | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | determine the influence of activities of labor market on employment and unemployment .
| 1,2,3,4,5 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | summarize the relationship among mobility, employment, unemployment and wage etc.
| 1,2,3,4,5 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Work concept and appearance of working class, basic concepts and new approaches in labour economics, post-keynesian theory, institutionalism, labour markets, neo-classical labour markets and wage theory. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The concept and policies of labour markets | | | Week 2 | Recent developments in the Turkish and OECD labour markets | | | Week 3 | The mobilitiy of labour, the turnover of labour | | | Week 4 | Classification of labour mobility,determining factors and results of labour migration | | | Week 5 | The arrangements of labour market and active- passive measures | | | Week 6 | The supply of labour | | | Week 7 | Workforce and population | | | Week 8 | Employment and it's structure | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Job search and unemployment | | | Week 11 | Wage concept and theory | | | Week 12 | Wage systems | | | Week 13 | Wage differentials | | | Week 14 | Productivity, labour productivity | | | Week 15 | General discussion | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Zaim, S. 1997; Çalışma Ekonomisi, Filiz Kitabevi, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Biçerli, M. K. 2007; Çalışma Ekonomisi, Beta, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Lordoğlu, K. 2003, Çalışma İktisadı, Der Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Elliot, R. 1997; Karşılaştırmalı Çalışma Ekonomisi, Ankara Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü Yayınları, Yayın No: 210, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 17/11/2012 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 08/01/2013 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 18 | 1 | 18 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 194 |
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