COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LABOUR MARKET AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 5030 LABOUR MARKET AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FARUK SAPANCALI

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

To reveal the general features and basic problems of the labour markets in Turkey and global scale and evaluate the policies concerning the subject.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to recognize the general features of labour markets in Turkey and other countries and understand the problems,
2   Being able to learn the qualifications and objectives of Turkey and EU Employment Strategy and employment policies and practices of its
3   Being able to analyze the policies of labour market in terms of social and economic
4   Being able to evaluate the changes and problems in respect to time and space of labour market suffered in Turkey
5   Being able to approach the effects of changing socio-economic conditions in labour market context and evaluate the effect to in the Process of EU Membership.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Evaluation of Course
2 Labour Market and Related Consepts
3 Transformation in Labour Markets in the Process of Globalization
4 Features of Labour Market in Turkey and Basic Problems
5 Developed Country s Labour Markets: Basic Problems and Crisis
6 Labour Markets and Informal Employment in Developing Countries
7 Passive Employment Policies for Struggle Against Unemployment
8 Midterm Exam
9 Active Employment Policies for Struggle Against Unemployment
10 Policies for Children and Persons with Disabilities in Labour Market
11 Youth Employment in Labour Market and Problems
12 Labour Market Regulation and Institutions
13 Relationship between Education and Labour Market
14 EU Employment Strategy

Recomended or Required Reading

Ansal, Hacer; Küçükçiftçi, Suat; Onaran, Özlem; Orbay, Zeki; Türkiye Emek Piyasasının Yapısı ve Işsizlik. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, Istanbul, Kasım 2000.
Bacchetta, Marc vd.; Globalization and Informal Jobs in Developing Countries.ILO and Worls Trade Organization, Geneva, 2009.
Bertola, G. - Beri, T. - Cazes, S.; Employment protection in industrialized countries: The case for new indicators, International Labour Review. Vol. 139, No. 1, 2000, s. 57-71.
Bulutay, Tuncer-Taşçı, Enver: Informal Sector in the Turkish Labor Market. Türkiye Ekonomi Kurumu tartışma Metni 2004/22, Ankara, 2004
Cazes, Sandrine vd.; Labour Market Policies in Times of Crisis , Employment Sector Employment Working Paper No:35, ILO, Geneva, 2009.
Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı: Türkiye de Işsizliğin Önlenmesi ve Istihdamın Arttırılması. Genel Yayın No:117, Ankara, 2004.
Eurofound; Restructuring and Employment in the EU: Impact of Globalisation. ERM Report, Dublin, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Primarily course s topics will be prepared as the study of seminars and carried out presentation by the student in course, then cross participation of faculty members contribution and students will discuss all aspects of the subject

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1544
LO.2544
LO.3544
LO.4544
LO.5544

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