770G27 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G1F) · Nationalekonomi
Labour Economics
Active · next start VT 2027
86%
passed the latest ordinary exam
EXAM · 25 Mar 2026 · 35 students
72%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
EXAM · 120 students
Unusually easy in 2025/26
86% passed the ordinary exam in 2025/26 (35 students), against 64% on average in earlier years (85 students).
Exam
EXAM Examination
- VG
- G
- U
Ordinary exams
72% passed · 120 students
- 86%35
- 77%35
- 50%24
- 65%26
Re-exams
89% passed · 27 students
- 83%6
- 100%6
- 71%7
- 100%8
- Pass the re-exam: 89% (27 students), compared with 72% (120 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get VG: 16% (147 students)
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About the course
Aim
Upon completion of the course, the student shall be able to:
- Describe, analyse, and apply theories in labour economics.
- Explain different labour market phenomena from an economic perspective.
- Interpret and critically evaluate empirical evidence, economic theory, and scientific literature in labour economics.
Content
The course examines the relationship between theoretical and empirical labour economics research and the systematic development of labour economics theories.
The course includes topics such as:
- Labour supply and labour demand theory
- Labour market equilibrium
- Compensating wage differentials
- Human capital
- Wage structure
- Labour mobility
- Immigration
- Labour market discrimination
- Trade unions
- Incentive pay
- Unemployment
- Examiner
- Roger Bandick
- Main field of study
- Nationalekonomi