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Labormarkets Analysis

Course Code	: ÇEİ505
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 5

Objectives of the Course

To explain the concepts of employment and unemployment, To analyze the problem of unemployment in Turkey and in the world, To discuss the policies of reducing unemployment

Course Content

Defining to employment/unemployment-related concepts; Labour Markets and Charecteristics; Theoretical background of Employment and Unemployment Concept, Classical Economics;Employment and Unemployment in Keynesian Economics; Neoclassical Economics, Constitutional Economics; Production Relations and Employment; Microeconomic Analysis of Employment and Unemployment; Macroeconomic Analysis of Employment and Unemployment;Employment and Unemployment in the World; Employment and Unemployment in Turkey

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Learning Outcomes

1.	Will be able to explain the concepts of employment and unemployment.
2.	Wil be able to evaluate unemployment.
3.	Will be able to compare policies to reduce unemployment.
4.	Will be able to analyze the effect of new challenges to labour markets.
5.	To learn labor markets policies.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	İşgücü Piyasası Politikaları, Siyasal Kitabevi *Gürsel, Seyfettin & Ulusoy, Veysel (1999) Türkiye’de İşsizlik ve İstihdam, Cogito Ekonom
2.	Seyfettin Gürsel & Veysel Ulusoy, Türkiye’de İşsizlik ve İstihdam, Yapı Kredi Yayınları Cogito Ekonomi 87, 1. Baskı, İstanbul, 1999.
3.	Aren, Sadun (1981) İstihdam Para ve İktisadi Politika, Doruk Matbaacılık, Ankara.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Defining to employment/unemployment-related concepts

Week 2 - Theoretical

Defining to employment/unemployment-related concepts

Week 3 - Theoretical

Labour Markets and Charecteristics, Economically Active Population, Labour Force, Labour Force Participation, Dependency Ratio, Underemployment

Week 4 - Theoretical

Theoretical background of Employment and Unemployment Concept, Classical Economics (Classical Employment Theory), Labour Market in Classical Economics

Week 5 - Theoretical

Employment and Unemployment in Keynesian Economics

Week 6 - Theoretical

Neoclassical Economics, Constitutional Economics

Week 7 - Theoretical

Production Relations and Employmen

Week 8 - Theoretical

Production Relations and Employmen

Week 9 - Theoretical

Employment problems, Underemployment

Week 10 - Theoretical

Unemployment; Definition, Ratio, Measurement

Week 11 - Theoretical

Unemployment Types (Hidden, Frictional, Structural, Cyclical, Seasonal)

Week 12 - Theoretical

Microeconomic Analysis of Employment and Unemployment, Firm and Labour Force Supply and Demand

Week 13 - Theoretical

Macroeconomic Analysis of Employment and Unemployment

Week 14 - Theoretical

Employment and Unemployment in the World; Employment and Unemployment in Turkey

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	2	3	70
Midterm Examination	1	20	1	21
Final Examination	1	30	1	31
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12
OÇ-1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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