KECD 2305 - LABOR ECONOMICS

This course covers labor economics and labor policies issues.

The analysis is both theoretical and empirical.

The course relies on research papers and on the textbook Labor Economics, Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo and André Zylberberg, MIT Press, 2014.

Syllabus:

• Job search: theory and empirical implications
• Optimal unemployment insurance
• Minimum wage, employment and welfare
• Job creation, job destruction and employment protection legislations
• Tax incidence 1: the detaxation of overtime hours
• Tax incidence 2: employment and hiring subsidies
• Work-sharing and short-time work policies
• Cultural values, regulation and labor market performance