Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / İKT419 - ECONOMICS

Code: İKT419 Course Title: LABOR ECONOMICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ECONOMICS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SERDAR ÖZTÜRK (serdarozturk@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The purpose of this course to investigate how to allocate limited production resourcesmeet the needs of economy in the hands of a society's unlimited wants.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can explain the dynamics of labor markets. PO-4 have theoretical and empirical information to analyze how to authorities, consumers and firms effect each other and how to make decision.
Examination
LO-2 Can explain the effects a country's population on labour market. PO-5 have upper explanation ability on the effects of economy policies on individuals and firms under the principles which are dominating economy.
Examination
LO-3 Can compare labour markets. PO-16 report preparation that examine the economy in terms of sectoral and macroeconomic.
Examination
LO-4 Can explain the impact of unions on the labor market. PO-4 have theoretical and empirical information to analyze how to authorities, consumers and firms effect each other and how to make decision.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course will study the basic economic issues, ideas and methodologies, the course includes selected subjects in both empirical studies of the leading topics that interest will be discussed as well as the labor market in Turkey.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction lectures, discussion
2 The theory of individual labor supply lectures, discussion
3 The theory of individual labor supply lectures, discussion
4 Population, Participation Rates and Hours of Work lectures, discussion
5 Population, Participation Rates and Hours of Work lectures, discussion
6 Quality of human capital and labor supply lectures, discussion
7 Quality of human capital and labor supply lectures, discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Labor Demand lectures, discussion
10 Labor Demand lectures, discussion
11 Wage Determination and Labor Allocation lectures, discussion
12 Income Distribution lectures, discussion
13 Labor Union and Collective Bargaining lectures, discussion
14 Economic effects of Labor Union lectures, discussion
15 State and Labor Market lectures, discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Kemal Biçerli, Çalışma Ekonomisi, Beta Yayınları 2016
2 Kuvvet Lordoğlu ve Nurcan Özkaplan, Çalışma İktisadına Giriş, Mercan Kitap 2014
Required Course instruments and materials
Slides

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 8 24
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 8 24
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 120