Universität Wien

040248 KU Topics in Macroeconomics (MA) (2024W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 03.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 10.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 17.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 24.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 31.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 07.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 14.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 21.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 28.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 03.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 05.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 12.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 07.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 09.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 16.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 23.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 30.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course is aimed at advanced Master’s students and early-stage doctoral students with a special interest in macroeconomics. Participants are exposed to current and published research articles in selected sub-fields, e.g. macro/labor, economic growth, and macro/micro linkages, or stabilization policies. Students are guided towards formulating their own research question(s). The course’s goal is to help students take off on an independent research project, e.g., a Master's thesis.

Assessment and permitted materials

There will be weekly sessions where students take turns in presenting a pre-assigned research paper. Everybody is expected to regularly attend sessions, read the articles to be presented, and actively participate in in-class discussions. The final grade is determined exclusively from (i) in-class presentation (30%), (ii) active participation in discussions (30%), and (iii) an outline of a research project which is due before the end of the term (40%).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students need to obtain at least an average of 50% to pass this course. 50% - 60% implies a 4; 60% - 70% a 3; 70% - 84% a 2; 85% or above a 1.

Examination topics

All presented research articles.

Reading list

A complete list of articles to be presented and discussed will be available at the beginning of the course. Below is a list of selected research articles, e.g.,
Bell, A. 2020. “Job-amenities and earnings inequality,” working paper, Harvard University.
LeBarbanchon, T., R. Rathelot, A. Roulet 2021. „Gender differences in job search: trading-off commute against wage."
LeBarbanchon, T., D. Ubfal, F. Araya 2023. „The effects of working while in school: Evidence from employment lotteries."
Morazzoni, M., A. Sy 2022. “Female entrepreneurship, financial frictions, and capital misallocation in the US."
Bloom, N., R. Han, J. Liang 2022. “How hybrid working from home works out,” NBER working paper.
Karahan, F., B. Pugsley, A. Sahin 2022. „Demographic origins of the start-up gap.".
Langella, M., A. Manning, A. 2021. “The measure of monopsony,“ CEP discussion paper 1780
Autor, D., A. Dube, A. McGrew 2022. “Competition at work in the low-wage economy,” working paper.
Hazell, J., J. Herreño, E. Nakamura, J. Steinsson 2022. „The slope of the Phillips Curve: Evidence from U.S. States."
Bronson, M.A., Thoursie, P. 2021. “The wage-growth and within-firm mobility of women and men: New evidence and theory,” working paper.
Bøler, E.A., B. Javorcik, K.H. Ulltveit-Moe 2018. “Working across time zones: Exporters and the gender wage gap.”
Balleer, A. et al. 2016. "Does short-time work save jobs?" European Economic Review 84:99-122.
Bachmann, R. et al. 2022. "Labor market polarization, job tasks, and monopsony power," Journal of Human Resources 57(S):S11-S49.
Lamadon, T. et al. 2022. "Imperfect competition, compensating differentials, and rent sharing in the US labor market," AER 112:169-212.
Coskun, S. 2020. "Young, educated, unemployed," University of Nuremberg, working paper.
Karahan, F., B. Pugsley, A. Sahin 2024. "The demographic origin of the start-up deficit," AER 114.

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