Prof. Dr. Martin Kocher
Department of EconomicsProf. Dr. Uwe Sunde
University of MunichProf. Dr. Joachim Winter
D-80539 Munich; Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 E-Mail: martin.kocher@lrz.uni-muenchen.de, uwe.sunde@econ.lmu.de, joachim.winter@econ.lmu.de Office Hours: by appointment Office Addresses: Kocher: Giselastr. 10, 1st floor Sunde: Schackstr. 4, 4th floor Winter: Ludwigstr. 33, 3rd floorDeterminants of Individual Productivity
Summer Term 2014
Monday, April 14, 15:00 – 16:00 (Ludwigstr. 28 VG, 301): Kocher, Sunde Winter Monday, May 12, 9:00 – 18:00 (Edmund-Rumpler-Strasse 9, A082): Winter
Friday, May 23, 09:00 – 18:00 (Schackstr. 4/II, 207): Sunde
Friday, June 06, 09:00 – 18:00 (Edmund-Rumpler-Strasse 9, A010): Kocher For Ph.D./Master students
First meeting: Participation in the first meeting on April 14, 15:00-16:00 is compulsory!
Aim: Discussing determinants of individual labor productivity as a consequence of individual decisions; covering studies analyzing human capital accumulation and the effects of ageing as well as illness; debating theoretical models and empirical evidence
Language: English
Literature: A preliminary list of books and papers that will be used during the course will be announced in the upcoming weeks (depending on the number of participants).
Methods: Partly lecture-style. Participants will also present and discuss papers.
Grading: Presentation and discussion.
Prerequisites: Principles of economics (microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics on the master level).
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Schedule of the course
Date Topic
12.05., 09-18 Health, education and productivity 23.05., 09-18 Organization and productivity 06.06., 09-18 Incentives and productivity
Course Reading:
• To be announced.
Presentations:
Each student will present a paper. During this presentation the student should mainly address four points: (i) the theoretical framework, (ii) the empirical/experimental design, (iii) present the results, and (iv) criticism to start the discussion. Presentations should be informative, entertaining, clear and concise, and should last for about 25 min. Each presentation is followed with an informal, all- involving discussion of about 20min. The slides will be made available for all students.
