授業の目的 【日本語】 | | |
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授業の目的 【英語】 | | This course is designed for 2nd year graduate students to build their research ability in the field of macro-labor economics. The course focuses on the long-run issues such as (1) technological progress and unemployment; and (2) wage inequality. |
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到達目標 【日本語】 | | |
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授業の内容や構成 | | 1. Dynamic Optimization in Continuous Time 2. Economic Growth: Technological Change 3. Economic Growth: Product Variety 4. Economic Growth: Directed Technological Change 5. Equilibrium Unemployment 6. Equilibrium Unemployment 7. Unemployment with Job Heterogeneity 8. Growth and Unemployment 9. Growth and Unemployment 10. Growth and Unemployment 11. Growth and Unemployment 12. Firm Heterogeneity 13. Firm Heterogeneity and Wages 14. Firm Heterogeneity and Unemployment 15. Growth and Unemployment with Firm Heterogeneity |
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履修条件・関連する科目 | | I will assume that you are familiar with dynamic optimization. Students need to install some (free) computational packages such as Maxima in your computer. Lectures of this course will be delivered entirely in English. |
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成績評価の方法と基準 | | There will be 2 or 3 take-home assignments, in which students are asked to replicate theoretical and quantitative results in articles discussed in class. To pass the course, you should earn C or above for each assignment. Quantitative questions require computational packages such as Mathematica (commercial) and Maxima (free of charge). |
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教科書・参考書 | | Christopher A. Pissarides, Equilibrium Unemployment Theory, 2nd edition, MIT press, 2000. Daron Acemoglu, Introduction to Modern Economic Growth, Princeton University Press, 2009. For more information, visit https://sites.google.com/site/gradlaborb/ |
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課外学習等(授業時間外学習の指示) | | There will be 2 or 3 take-home assignments. Each lecture is based on a particular article, and students need to read each paper in advance of each class. |
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遠隔授業(オンデマンド型)で行う場合の追加措置 | | |
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