312214 Praktische Übung: Labour Econometrics (Ü) (SoSe 2016)

This course starts on the 18th of April 2016.

Course description and contents:

1. Basic econometric concepts: linear regression
2. Theory of human capital and educational choice
3. Computer tutorial: returns to schooling and seniority
4. Theory of discrimination in the labour market
5. Computer tutorial: Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition
6. Social networks and employment outcomes
7. Computer tutorial: multinomial logistic regression
8. Intergenerational schooling mobility
9. Computer tutorial: ordered response models
10. Computer test on econometric analysis of the labour market

Literaturangaben

1. Borjas G.J. (2010): Labor Economics, McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA.
2. Cahuc P., Zylberberg A. (2004): Labour Economics, The
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
3. Ehrenberg R.G., Smith R. (2006): Modern Labour
Economics, Addison Wesley, Boston, MA
4. Greene W. (2008): Econometric Analysis, Pearson Prentice Hall, NY.