Labour Economics (L1039)

15 credits, Level 6

Autumn teaching

This module explores how labour economics informs the discussion of many social issues such as

• the causes of unemployment
• how technological change is shifting the distribution of jobs and wages
• the impact of immigration on wages and employment
• the impact of social security on the incentive to work
• the causes of gender and racial wage and employment gaps.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 29 hours of contact time and about 121 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2022/23. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.