課程資訊
課程名稱
 勞動經濟學一
Labor Economics (Ⅰ) 
開課學期
 103-2 
授課對象
 社會科學院  經濟學系  
授課教師
 樊家忠 
課號
 ECON4009 
課程識別碼
 303E47600 
班次
  
學分
 3 
全/半年
 半年 
必/選修
 選修 
上課時間
 星期三6,7,8(13:20~16:20) 
上課地點
 社科307 
備註
 本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限：70人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
 http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1032ECON4009_103_2 
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課程概述

This course will inherit from Labor Economics (I) to cover further labor market issues from the microeconomics perspective. The focus will be both theoretical derivations and empirical applications. Topics covered will include labor supply, labor demand, labor market, human capital, immigration, gender, unions, and unemployment. The tools covered in the course are directed at undergraduate students conducting research not only in the field of labor economics, but other realms such as public, health, and family economics. 

課程目標
 The course will be aiming to equip students with fundamental analytical tools to conduct research on labor market related issues, particularly on policy evaluation. 
課程要求
 Term paper (40%)
Midterm: Midterm period (in class, 30%)
Final exam: Final Examination Period (in class, 30%)


每週進度及教學內容簡述

1) Human capital (weeks 1 – 3)
a) Human Capital Theory and Empirical Evidence
b) The Human Capital Earning Function
c) Training
d) Human capital accumulation before age 5
2) Immigration (weeks 4 – 6)
a) The Impact of Immigrants on Destination Countries
b) Economic Assimilation of Immigrants
c) The Impact of Immigrants on Source Countries
d) Public Policies and Immigrant Outcomes
3) Gender and Ethnicity (weeks 7 – 9)
a) Theories of Labour Market Discrimination
b) Evidence on Male-Female Earnings Differentials
c) Policies to Combat Gender Discrimination
4) Unions (weeks 10 – 11)
a) Unions and Collective Bargaining in Canada
b) Empirical Evidence
c) Efficient Wage and Employment Contracts
d) Unions and Wage and Non-wage Outcomes
5) Unemployment (weeks 12– 13)
a) Measuring Unemployment
b) Incidence and Duration of Unemployment
c) Types of Unemployment
d) Theories Explaining Unemployment
e) Canada’s Unemployment Insurance System
6) Labor market in Taiwan (weeks 14 – 16)
7) Review of term paper topics (weeks 17 – 18)
 
預期每週課後學習時數
  
Office Hours
 每週三 11:00~12:00 
指定閱讀
  
參考書目
 Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Robert S. Smith, Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy (11th Edition) 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
    
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
 02/25  Introductory talk
Introduction and Omitted Variables Bias I 
Week 2
 3/04  Introduction and Omitted Variables Bias II 
Week 3
 3/11  Labor Supply 
Week 4
 3/18  Labor Demand 
Week 5
 3/25  Equilibrium  
Week 6
 4/01  holiday 
Week 7
 4/08  Compensating Wage Differentials 
Week 8
 4/15  Human Capital I 
Week 9
 4/22  Midterm 
Week 10
 4/29  Human Capital II 
Week 11
 5/06  Immigration I 
Week 12
 5/13  Immigration II 
Week 13
 5/20  Discrimination I 
Week 14
 5/27  Discrimination II 
Week 15
 6/03  Unemployment I 
Week 16
 6/10  Unemployment II 
Week 17
 6/17  Methodology 
Week 18
 6/24  Final examination