Universität Wien

040688 FK KFK ORPE/PÖ: Advanced Personnel Economics (2010W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Credits earned in this class serve to partially fulfill the requirements of "Modul M3: Advanced Specializations" of the new "KFK Organisation & Personal" that is introduced beginning in Wintersemester 2010/11.
Important notice for students who have entered their studies of the "KFK Personalökonomik" (PÖ) before winter semester 2010/11:
The credits earned in this class can be fully transferred in completion of the old "KFK Personalökonomik" (PÖ).

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 05.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Dienstag 12.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Dienstag 19.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Dienstag 09.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Dienstag 16.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Dienstag 23.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Dienstag 30.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Dienstag 07.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Dienstag 14.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Dienstag 11.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Dienstag 18.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Dienstag 25.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Going beyond the fundamentals of incentive setting, this course discusses the enhanced incentive structure: lifetime employment contracts and pension incentives, reputational contracting and verification, fringe benefits, incentives to avoid sabotage, human capital investments, self-selection and recruitment. Rigorous analytics are combined with econometric models to test the theories implications.

1. Introduction

(a) Features of a perfect labor market
(b) The stylized facts of real-world labor markets

Baron, James N.; Kreps, David M.: Strategic Human Resources: Frameworks for General Managers, New York, etc.: John Wiley, 1999, Chapter 12.
Garibaldi, Pietro: Personnel Economics in Imperfect Labor Markets, New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press, 2006, Chapter 2.

2. The Enhanced Incentive Structure

(a) Lifetime employment contracts and pension incentives
(b) The problem of setting incentives in teams and management compensation
(c) Fringe Benefits

Lazear, Edward P.: Personnel Economics for Managers, New York, etc.: John Wiley, 1998, Chapters 8, 16, and 17.

3. Self-Selection and Recruitment
(a) Characteristics of a job
(b) Self-selection of worker-types
(c) Testing and recruiting

Lazear, Edward P., op. cit., Chapters 11-15.
Garibaldi, Pietro, op. cit, Chapter 6.

4. Human Capital Investment and Training
Garibaldi, Pietro, op. cit., Chapters 10 and 11.
Lazear, Edward P., op. cit., Chapters 7.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Classroom participation is immanently relevant for examination ("dieser Kurs ist eine Lehrveranstaltung mit immanentem Prüfungscharakter"). To pass the course, students must collect at least half of the total points of the combined two exams, the midterm and the final exam.
Make-up exams are only available for students on sick leave (documented by immediately handing in a doctors sickness note at the chairs office) or leaves supported by formal decision of the university, the faculty, and/or the institute. No passing grade may be granted if the student misses more than 10% of the total class time.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Readings

It is necessary that students prepare the selected chapters from textbooks listed in the course outline above. More references may be added as the course proceeds.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:29