Type of Credit: Elective
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上課時間：Monday, 9:10-12:00 a.m. （共 3 個小時）
上課地點：社科院館, Room 209
COURSE INTRODUCTION:
This is the second course of a four-course sequence in analytical labor economics.
勞動經濟學課程預計有四個系列，因各章授課內容的編寫相互獨立，故即使沒有修過「勞動經濟學（一）」，也可以選修本學期的「勞動經濟學（二）」，不會有任何學習落差問題。此外，本課程開始，會擇要介紹「勞動經濟學（一）」中有關勞動經濟學的基礎研究方法；後續為專題討論，預計含：失業概論、基本工資的經濟影響、外籍勞工的經濟效果、男女工資性別差異、工會的經濟效果、人事經濟學概論等六課題。
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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The objective of the course is to acquaint students with methods of analysis that have been developed in the recent labor economics, thereby enabling the student to conduct research at the frontier of the field and the contemporary related issues in Taiwan. The main focus of this course will be on the selected topics as follows: life-cycle earnings, unemployment issues, theory of minimum wage, economic impacts of importing foreign workers, theory of male and female wage differentials, union wage gap, and theory of pay for performance (in the personnel economics), each of which will include the introduction of the related econometric approach.
The reading list is more comprehensive than necessary for this course. Part of the readings is listed for the needs in related studies on labor economics. Thus those readings that are not required, but that merely enhance one's knowledge of the field are not marked with an asterisk (*). Those articles denoted with an asterisk are highly recommended. The schedule and selected readings are subject to revision as the course progresses.
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
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SYLLABUS
1. INTRODUCTION : [1ST Week]
POLACHEK, S. (2008), “Earnings over the Lifecycle: The Mincer Earnings Function and Its Applications,” FOUNDATIONS AND TRENDS IN MICROECONOMICS, 4(3), 165-272.
2. THE BASIC OF LABOR ECONOMICS: A BRIEF REVIEW OF “THE MINCERIAN HUMAN CAPIATL EARNINGS FUNCTION”:
[2nd - 3rd Week]
* MINCER, J. (1974), SCHOOLING, EXPERIENCE AND EARNINGS, New York: Columbia University Press for National Bureau of Economic Research: Chapters 1, 3, 4 and 5.
3. UNEMPLOYMENT: WITH APPLICATIONS OF THE PANEL DATA ESTIMATION APPROACH AND THE DURATION ANALYSIS [4th - 6th Week]
BRIANH, G. (1981), “The Length of Employment and Unemployment in Great Britain,” SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, 28(2), 146-164.
* MARSTON, S. (1985), "Two Views of Geographic Distribution of Unemployment," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 100(1), 57-79.
RICHARDSON, K. and G. van den Berg (2006), “Swedish Labour Market Training and the Duration of Unemployment,” CEPR Discussion Paper, No. 5896.
* 江豐富與劉克智 (2005), 「台灣縣市失業率的長期追蹤研究：1987-2001」,《台灣經濟預測與政策》,47(1),69-106。
* 江豐富 (2016),「台灣現職工作期間之存續分析-兼具加速失敗時間與比例風 險計量的 Weibull 分析」,《台灣經濟預測與政策》,47(1),69-106。
4. THEORY OF MINIUM WAGE: WITH AN APPLICATION OF THE DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES ESTIMATION APPROACH : [7th - 9th Week]
ALTONGJI, J. and P. Devereux (2000), “The Extent and Consequences of Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity,” RESEARCH IN LABOR ECONOMICS, 19, 383-431.
BERNSTEIN, J. and J. Schmitt (1996), “Out of Date on the Minimum Wage,” WASHINGTON POST, June 5, 1996.
BLEINDER, A (1996), “The $5.15 Question,” NEW YORK TIMES, May 23, 1996.
* CARD, D. and A. Krueger (1994), “Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,” AMERICAN ECONOMIC RREVIEW, 84(4), 772-793.
* FEHR, E. and S. Gachter (2000), “Fairness and Retaliation: The Economics of Reciprocity,” JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES, 15, 165-188.
FULLER, D. and D. Geide-Stevenson (2003), “Consensus among Economists: Revisited,” JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC EDUCATION, 34(4), 369-87.
5. ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN WORKERS – WITH AN APPLICATION OF GENERALIZED TWO-STEP ESTIMATION: [10th - 12th Week]
* 江豐富 (2006),「外勞引進對本國勞工失業、職業選擇及薪資之影響」,《臺灣經濟預測與政策》, 37(1), 69-111。
6. MALE AND FEMALE WAGE DIFFERENTIAL: THEORY OF INTERMITTENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION AND THE INVESTMENT PROCESS: [13th - 15th Week]
O'NEILL, June and S. Polachek (1993), "Why the Gender Gap in Wages Narrowed in the 1980's," JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS, 11 (1), 205-228.
* POLACHEK, S. (1975), "Differences in Expected Post-School Investment as a Determinant of Market Wage Differentials," INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW, 16, (2), 451-70.
* POLACHEK, S. and John Robst (2001), "Trends in the Male- Female Wage Gap: The 1980's Compared to the 1970's," SOUTHERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 67(4), 869-88.
* POLACHEK, S. (2003), “How the Human Capital Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed,” IZA Working Paper, No. 1102 (downloadable at www.iza.org); also in David Grusky and Francine Blau (eds.), CONTROVERSIES ABOUT INEQUALITY .
POLACHEK, S. (2006), “How the Life-Cycle Human Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed,” in F. Blau, M. Briton and D. Grusky (eds.), THE DECLINING SIGNIFICANCE OF GENDER, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 102-124.
7. UNION WAGE PREMIUM [16th - 18th Week]
* Blanchflower, D. and Bryson, A. (2004) ‘What Effect Do Unions Have on Wages Now and Would “What Do Unions Do?” Be Surprised”, JOURNAL OF LABOR RESEARCH, , 25 (3), 383-414.
Blanchflower, D., A. Oswald, and P. Sanfey (1996), ‘Wages, Profits and Rent Sharing’, QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, 111 (1), 227-251.
Grant, D. (2001), “A Comparison of the Cyclical Behavior of Union and Nonunion Wages in the United States.” JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES, 36 (1), 31–57.
8. PAY FOR PERFORMANCE IN PERSONNEL ECONOMICS (ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZATION):
(1) The Problem of Agency --- Workers Posting Bonds
* LAZEAR, Edward (1979), “Why Is There Mandatory Retirement?” JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, 87(6), 1261-1284.
LAZEAR, E. (2004), “The Peter Principle: A Theory of Decline,” JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, 112 (1), 5141-5163.
KRAFT, Kornelius (1991), "The Incentive Effects of Dismissals, Efficiency Wages, Piece Rates and Profit-Sharing," REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS, 73(3), 451-9.
* LAZEAR P. (1986), “Salaries and Piece Rates,” JOURNAL OF BUSINESS, 405-31.
* LAZEAR, E. (2000), “Performance Pay and Productivity,” AMERICAN ECONOMIC RREVIEW, 90, 1346-61.
* SEILER, E. (1984), "Piece Rates vs. Time Rate: The Effect of Incentives on Earnings," REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS, 66 (3), 363-375; also in NBER Working Paper No. 879, April 1982, available at: http://www.nber.org/papers/w0879.
EXAMS / Homework Assignments:
1- There will be two periodic take-home exams: mid-term (40%) and final (40%). Please also note that "performance in the class" is also associated with your academic score in this course (20%).
This course reserves the 11th week as our「一週彈性教學」 for students to complete the take-home mid-term.
Take-home final may not be held depending on our teaching progress.
2- The midterm and final exams are allowed to be replaced by submission of a term paper, including a midterm proposal report and a final paper presentation.
Students without prior experience in an undergraduate course in labor economics are advised to read the relevant sections of an advanced undergraduate textbook such as:
* Borjas, G. (2016), Labor Economics, 7th ed., New York: Mcgraw-Hill Educaton. (華泰文化, 劉朝棟先生, Email: sales1@hwatai.com.tw, Cell: 0935-286-372.)
* Ehrenberg, R. and R. Smith, Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy, 12th edition (or various editions), Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Co.
Laing, D. (2011), Labor Economics: Introduction to Classic and the New Labor Economics, 1st edition, New York: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. (指南,金再興先生,Email: ericjinn@ms34.hinet.net,Cell: 093709-103)