Module: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICIES IN THE EU Coordinators: Prof' Giovanni Ferri Prof'ssa Maria Con

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Module ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICIES IN THE EU
Coordinators Prof. Giovanni FerriProf.ssa
Maria Concetta Chiuri

• Lectures hours 10
• Tutorials hours 10
• Teachers Prof.ssa Maria Concetta Chiuri
• Dr. Paolo Brunori (III year PhD student at
  the University of Bari)
• Dr Annarosa Pesole (II year PhD student at
  the University of Milan)
• A.A. 2006/2007
• March 3, 2008 March 7, 2008

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OBJECTIVES AND MOTIVATIONS

• The course aims to examine the needs current
  European labour markets are facing. As
  technological developments are becoming more
  rapid, also jobs change more quickly than before.
  The EU on one hand has to come to terms with
  changes in the world economy and on the other
  hand needs to reinforce the European social
  models, which are committed to social protection,
  social cohesion and solidarity.
• The course will provide the basic tools to
  address the following economic issues.
• The benchmark model a competitive labor market.
  Non competitive labor markets some case studies.
• The current debate on the EU labor market the
  role of institutions and employment protection
  legislations.
• Flexicurity some drawing lessons from the Danish
  model.
• Labour market policies in the EU
• The wage gap among workers that differ in their
  education. The rate of return to schooling.
  Schooling as a signal. On the job training and
  life long learning.

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The course structure

• Lecture and tutorial 1 The labour market in the
  EU the labor supply
• Lecture and tutorial 2 The labour market in the
  EU the labor demand
• Lecture and tutorial 3 Employment protection
  legislation and the labor market performance in
  the EU
• Lecture and tutorial 4 Human capital and the
  wage structure in advanced economies
• Tutorial 5 final examination

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Bibliographic references and suggested readings

• Borjas G 2003 Labor Economics, Mc Graw
  HillThird edt., chapt. 2, 4 and 5, 7, 11 and 13.
• Algan Y and P. Cahuc 2005 The Roots of Low
  European Employment Family Culture? IZA
  Duscussion Paper no. 1683.
• European Commission 2007 Towards common
  principles of flexicurity more and better jobs
  through flexibility and security, July,
  Luxembourg.
• Goldin C. 2000 Labor Markets in the XX
  Century, mimeo.
• OECD 2007 Employment Protection and Labour
  Market Performance, Chapter 2, Employmen
  Outlook, pp. 48- 132.
• The Economist (2006) The search for talent- Why
  its getting harder to find. Special report,
  October 7th -13th