Academic Year:
2024/25
428 - Degree in Labour Relations and Human Resources
28512 - Labour Economics
Teaching Plan Information
Academic year:
2024/25
Subject:
28512 - Labour Economics
Faculty / School:
108 - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y del Trabajo
Degree:
428 - Degree in Labour Relations and Human Resources
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
2
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1. General information
The main goal of this subject is that the student of Labor Relations and Human Resources identifies, understands and values the economic dimension of labor relations and the functioning of the labor market.
1. -To get students to correctly and accurately apply economic language to the interpretation of work as an economic good.
2. -Make students understand the economic and social phenomena that affect the labor market.
3. -That students are able to draw on the economic concepts and principles that explain the functioning of the labor market.
2. Learning results
List, define and differentiate the basic concepts of labor economics (labor supply and demand, wages, institutional framework, unemployment, employment policies, unions, etc.).
Identify and differentiate the main theories on the labor market, synthesizing their main characteristics Classify, analyze and use the instruments of economic analysis in decision making that affect labor relations.
Assess and explain the functioning and imbalances of the labor market, as well as recognize and evaluate the effects of public actions in the field of employment policies.
Discover, classify and synthesise the socio-economic and labour concepts contained in texts and technical reports and produce works that develop the economic concepts and arguments that interpret aspects of the labour reality in a clear and precise way.
Recognize and assess the relevant economic aspects of the Spanish labor market, from a global perspective.
3. Syllabus
1. Labor economics: Introduction and general concepts.
2. The individual and the aggregate labour supply.
3. The labour demand
4. The quality of work: human capital
5. Theories about the labor market.
6. Remuneration systems, structure and salary policy.
7. Mobility, migration and discrimination in the labor market.
8. Productivity, wages and inflation.
9. Unemployment and employment policy.
4. Academic activities
The learning process designed for this subject is based on:
1. -Large group sessions (T1): Two weekly sessions of 1h. duration. In them the teacher will explain the concepts and basic economic notions to understand the role and importance of economics for the understanding of the socioeconomic reality. In these classes the teacher will ask direct questions to the students that will allow to capture the degree of comprehension reached. Students should complement the explanations with the texts indicated in the bibliography by subject available in the ADD.
2. -Small group sessions (T2). One 2-hour session per week for each subgroup. Discussions will be held on different theoretical and practical cases related to the concepts previously seen in the sessions of large group. In addition to solving specific problems, students will be asked to discuss the relationship between certain theoretical concepts and some current economic events or events drawn from economic history.
5. Assessment system
A) Students who regularly attend learning activities:
The qualification of these students will be carried out according to the following activities:
1. Theoretical written test (60% of the final grade).
2. Practical cases and exercises (40% of the final grade)
Failure to carry out any of these activities implies giving up this Continuous Evaluation system, which exempts you from the final exam.
If the grade for any of the activities is less than 4.0, the subject cannot be passed using this system. To pass the subject it will be necessary for the weighted average of the activities to be at least 5 pts.
B) Students who do not regularly attend learning activities or who do not pass the subject through the previous system final written test (100% of the grade): Single global test.
C) Students who, having passed the subject through the first system, wish to improve their grade may take the single global test. Your final grade will be the best of the two grades obtained.
6. Sustainable Development Goals
4 - Quality Education
8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
10 - Reduction of Inequalities