Labour market, education and training
A.A. 2020/2021
Obiettivi formativi
Aim of the course is to provide students with the analytical skills needed for a scientific understanding of the functioning of contemporary labour markets and of their relation to the educational and vocational training systems. This will be done by approaching the topic from two disciplinary perspectives: Economic Sociology and Labour Economics. Concerning the former, students will be introduced to the study of social stratification, its changes over time and the role of education and vocational training in this process, both at the individual and the aggregate level. Concerning the latter, students will be introduced to the study of the wage distribution, its changes over time and countries, and the causal analysis of the relations linking education and labour market outcomes.
Risultati apprendimento attesi
Knowledge and understanding:
By the end of the course, students will have learned the foundations of both Economic Sociology and Labour Economics, from both a theoretical and an applied point of view. They will thus be able to study the functioning of the labour market and the job-matching process from two complementary perspectives: the micro perspective, looking at the matching between job and individual characteristics; and the macro perspective, which looks at the aggregate patterns of socio-economic inequality in comparison over time and space (international comparison).
Applying knowledge and understanding:
The theoretical and analytical skills provided by this course might be applied in a number of contexts, ranging from personnel management in corporations to social policy management to base and applied research in a number of social science disciplines.
Making judgements:
Students will learn how any statement on the labour market and its changes over time and space has to be supported by quantitative evidence, and how to judge scientific evidence from other forms of discourses on society, labour and corporations. They will thus be able to make informed judgements on both the functioning of the labour market and the public discourse concerning it.
Communication skills:
Students will learn how scientific communication works, clearly distinguishing the steps of scientific research: literature review; hypotheeis building; data collection; data analysis and discussion of the hypotheses. They will learn how to communicate the level of uncertainty of statistical estimations. They will thus be able to communicate scientific results in a way understandable to the laymen.
Learning skills:
Students will strengthen their analytic skills in general, and in particular will be provided with a general basic knowledge of the two disciplinary fields involved, in order to enable them to pursue additional specialized learning on its basis.
By the end of the course, students will have learned the foundations of both Economic Sociology and Labour Economics, from both a theoretical and an applied point of view. They will thus be able to study the functioning of the labour market and the job-matching process from two complementary perspectives: the micro perspective, looking at the matching between job and individual characteristics; and the macro perspective, which looks at the aggregate patterns of socio-economic inequality in comparison over time and space (international comparison).
Applying knowledge and understanding:
The theoretical and analytical skills provided by this course might be applied in a number of contexts, ranging from personnel management in corporations to social policy management to base and applied research in a number of social science disciplines.
Making judgements:
Students will learn how any statement on the labour market and its changes over time and space has to be supported by quantitative evidence, and how to judge scientific evidence from other forms of discourses on society, labour and corporations. They will thus be able to make informed judgements on both the functioning of the labour market and the public discourse concerning it.
Communication skills:
Students will learn how scientific communication works, clearly distinguishing the steps of scientific research: literature review; hypotheeis building; data collection; data analysis and discussion of the hypotheses. They will learn how to communicate the level of uncertainty of statistical estimations. They will thus be able to communicate scientific results in a way understandable to the laymen.
Learning skills:
Students will strengthen their analytic skills in general, and in particular will be provided with a general basic knowledge of the two disciplinary fields involved, in order to enable them to pursue additional specialized learning on its basis.
Periodo: Secondo trimestre
Modalità di valutazione: Esame
Giudizio di valutazione: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Corso singolo
Questo insegnamento non può essere seguito come corso singolo. Puoi trovare gli insegnamenti disponibili consultando il catalogo corsi singoli.
Programma e organizzazione didattica
Edizione unica
Responsabile
Periodo
Secondo trimestre
For all information related to "emergency teaching" see:
First module (economics, Prof. M. Bratti): See the information for the "Labour Economics and Policy Evaluation" course in the DSE degree programme.
Second module (sociology, Prof. G. Ballarino): See the information for the "Global Social Inequalities" course in the GPS degree programme.
First module (economics, Prof. M. Bratti): See the information for the "Labour Economics and Policy Evaluation" course in the DSE degree programme.
Second module (sociology, Prof. G. Ballarino): See the information for the "Global Social Inequalities" course in the GPS degree programme.
Programma
This course borrows the second module (sociology, Prof. G. Ballarino) from the "Global Social Inequalities" course (degree programme: GPS).
As for the first module (economics, Prof. M. Bratti) , students have two options:
a) to follow the old syllabus, related to "Economics of Education", which is less technical, mainly focuses on education economics and is only delivered in asynchronous (recorded) lectures mode using 2019-20 video recordings (available in ARIEL);
b) to follow the syllabus of the "Labour Economics and Policy Evaluation" course (degree programme: DSE), which is more technical/quantitative. Students must refer to that course website for all related information (including the pre-requisites, teaching methods, syllabus, study materials, ARIEL website, etc.).
In what follows, the syllabus for the first module mode a) and second module are reported.
First module (mode a). Lectures will concentrate on the main economic models explaining the demand for education (human capital investment theory and signaling), issues related with the supply of education, educational financing, the return to education, the effects of education on health and crime. There will also be some lectures devoted to the main statistical methods commonly used in Education and Labor Economics.
Second module. Lectures will concentrate mainly on industrial societies, focusing on their structure of social inequalities in the school system (i.e. inequality of educational opportunities) and in the labor market. The final part of the course is devoted to group presentation, where students will present, comment and discuss the empirical research on social stratification and mobility in different countries.
Main topics: introduction to sociology (key sociological theories and research methods); overview of social stratification and inequality; basic processes of status attainment and social mobility; sociology of education; inequality of educational opportunities; returns to education; inequality of educational opportunities and social mobility.
As for the first module (economics, Prof. M. Bratti) , students have two options:
a) to follow the old syllabus, related to "Economics of Education", which is less technical, mainly focuses on education economics and is only delivered in asynchronous (recorded) lectures mode using 2019-20 video recordings (available in ARIEL);
b) to follow the syllabus of the "Labour Economics and Policy Evaluation" course (degree programme: DSE), which is more technical/quantitative. Students must refer to that course website for all related information (including the pre-requisites, teaching methods, syllabus, study materials, ARIEL website, etc.).
In what follows, the syllabus for the first module mode a) and second module are reported.
First module (mode a). Lectures will concentrate on the main economic models explaining the demand for education (human capital investment theory and signaling), issues related with the supply of education, educational financing, the return to education, the effects of education on health and crime. There will also be some lectures devoted to the main statistical methods commonly used in Education and Labor Economics.
Second module. Lectures will concentrate mainly on industrial societies, focusing on their structure of social inequalities in the school system (i.e. inequality of educational opportunities) and in the labor market. The final part of the course is devoted to group presentation, where students will present, comment and discuss the empirical research on social stratification and mobility in different countries.
Main topics: introduction to sociology (key sociological theories and research methods); overview of social stratification and inequality; basic processes of status attainment and social mobility; sociology of education; inequality of educational opportunities; returns to education; inequality of educational opportunities and social mobility.
Prerequisiti
First module (Economics)
Option a) Some knowledge of microeconomics and statistics for the social sciences/econometrics is useful.
Option b). See the Labour Economics and Policy Evaluation (DSE) website.
Second module (Sociology)
Sociology, and statistics for the social sciences.
Option a) Some knowledge of microeconomics and statistics for the social sciences/econometrics is useful.
Option b). See the Labour Economics and Policy Evaluation (DSE) website.
Second module (Sociology)
Sociology, and statistics for the social sciences.
Metodi didattici
First module (mode a)[for mode b see the "Labour Economics and Policy Evaluation" - DSE]: recorded lectures available in ARIEL + live Q&A sessions.
Second module: lectures (for more details check information for the "Global Social Inequalities" course, Modules 1 & 2, Global Politics and Society master's degree)
Second module: lectures (for more details check information for the "Global Social Inequalities" course, Modules 1 & 2, Global Politics and Society master's degree)
Materiale di riferimento
First module (Economics, Prof. M. Bratti --- mode a)[for mode b see the "Labour Economics and Policy Evaluation" - DSE site]:
- Daniele Checchi, The Economics of Education. Human Capital, Family Background and Inequality, Cambridge University Press, last edition. Chapters: 1, 2, 4, 5.
- A list of papers and additional material will be indicated in the ARIEL platform (see folder "Education Economics (Prof. Massimiliano Bratti) --- 2019/2020" in ARIEL).
Second module (Sociology, prof. Ballarino) D. B. Grusky, The Past, Present and Future of Social Inequality, in D. B. Grusky, ed. Social Stratification.
Class, Race and Gender in Sociological Perspective, various editions, Boulder: Westview Press.
Brint, S. G. (2017). Schools and societies. Stanford University Press.
Erikson, R., Jonsson, J. O (1996), Explaining Class Inequality in Education: The Swedish Test Case, in Erikson,
R., Jonsson, J. O, eds., Can Education be Equalized? The Swedish Case in Comparative Perspective, Boulder:
Westview, pp. 1-63.
For attending students, course materials will be mostly provided during the course and uploaded on the
Ariel webpage of the course "Global Social Inequalities" (For MLS students: Modules 1 & 2)https://www.unimi.it/en/education/degree-programme-courses/2021/global-social-inequalities
- Daniele Checchi, The Economics of Education. Human Capital, Family Background and Inequality, Cambridge University Press, last edition. Chapters: 1, 2, 4, 5.
- A list of papers and additional material will be indicated in the ARIEL platform (see folder "Education Economics (Prof. Massimiliano Bratti) --- 2019/2020" in ARIEL).
Second module (Sociology, prof. Ballarino) D. B. Grusky, The Past, Present and Future of Social Inequality, in D. B. Grusky, ed. Social Stratification.
Class, Race and Gender in Sociological Perspective, various editions, Boulder: Westview Press.
Brint, S. G. (2017). Schools and societies. Stanford University Press.
Erikson, R., Jonsson, J. O (1996), Explaining Class Inequality in Education: The Swedish Test Case, in Erikson,
R., Jonsson, J. O, eds., Can Education be Equalized? The Swedish Case in Comparative Perspective, Boulder:
Westview, pp. 1-63.
For attending students, course materials will be mostly provided during the course and uploaded on the
Ariel webpage of the course "Global Social Inequalities" (For MLS students: Modules 1 & 2)https://www.unimi.it/en/education/degree-programme-courses/2021/global-social-inequalities
Modalità di verifica dell’apprendimento e criteri di valutazione
Both for attending and for non-attending students ("frequentanti" and "non frequentanti", respectively):
First module (mode a)[for mode b see the "Labour Economics and Policy Evaluation site" - DSE]: Written final exam with open and/or multiple-choice questions.
Second module : Written final exam with open and/or multiple-choice questions.
First module (mode a)[for mode b see the "Labour Economics and Policy Evaluation site" - DSE]: Written final exam with open and/or multiple-choice questions.
Second module : Written final exam with open and/or multiple-choice questions.
SECS-P/01 - ECONOMIA POLITICA - CFU: 6
SPS/09 - SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI ECONOMICI E DEL LAVORO - CFU: 6
SPS/09 - SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI ECONOMICI E DEL LAVORO - CFU: 6
Lezioni: 80 ore
Docenti:
Ballarino Gabriele, Bratti Massimiliano
Docente/i
Ricevimento:
Mercoledì h 9-12. Si possono prendere appuntamenti per altri orari scrivendo via mail.
Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Politiche - Stanza 5 primo piano (sopra il bar)
Ricevimento:
Salvo diverso avviso (pubblicato qui): Martedi 18-19.30; Mercoledi 18-19.30; Su appuntamento.
MS Teams o in presenza (ufficio nr. 21 DEMM)