授業の目的 【日本語】
Goals of the Course(JPN) | | | 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 labor market issues such as (1) technological progress and unemployment; and (2) wage inequality. The goal is to catch up with the frontier of research on the aggregate labor market. |
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | | 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 labor market issues such as (1) technological progress and unemployment; and (2) wage inequality. The goal is to catch up with the frontier of research on the aggregate labor market. |
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到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | | After this course, students should be able to (1) understand the frontier of research in the field of growth and inequality; (2) write their own computer codes to replicate existing quantitative results found in professional articles; and (3) design their own research. |
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | 1 Overview
2 Trade in the Labor Market
3 Job Creation
4 Worker Flows
5 Wage Determination
6 Steady-State Equilibrium
7 Numerical Analysis
8 Heterogeneous Jobs
9 Job Destruction
10 Worker Heterogeneity and Sorting
11 Labor Share
12 Technological Unemployment
13 Worker Reallocation
14 Summary and Examination |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | No prerequisite, but it is highly recommended that you take advanced macroeconomics I (= advanced income theory I).
Lectures of this course will be delivered in English.
I will assume that the students are familiar with dynamic optimization. |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | Two take-home examinations (25% each) and one in-class written examination (50%).
This course does not adopt the course withdrawal system. Students who are absent from the in-class exam will automatically receive a 'W' grade for the course. |
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教科書・参考書
Textbook/Reference Book | | There is no textbook you must purchase.
A highly recommended reference book is, Christopher A. Pissarides, Equilibrium Unemployment Theory, 2nd edition, MIT press, 2000.
All mandatory reading material (professional articles in leading journals) will be distributed at TACT. |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | At least one article will be given as a weekly reading assignment.
Review questions will also be given at the end of each class. |
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注意事項
Notice for Students | | | Students will be asked to install and/or create an account for some (free) computational packages such as Python in your computer and learn the languages. |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | |
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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
Additional measures for remote class (on-demand class) | | |
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質問への対応方法
Office hour | | | After each class, or through TACT. |
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