Duration
IWEPS chair : 15h Conf.
Labour market indicators : 15h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
IWEPS chair : Frieda Vandeninden
Labour market indicators : Frieda Vandeninden
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The Statistics and the Labor Market course consists of two parts: 1. the IWEPS Chair (SOCI9111-A-a ) and the Labor Market Indicators course (SOCI9111-B-a ).
An introductory session (prior to the IWEPS Chair) will link the two parts. The IWEPS Chair allows students to learn about statistics related to the labor market and their application to Wallonia. The Labor Market Indicators course will review the definitions of the indicators seen during the IWEPS Chair in a more theoretical way.
See pedagogical commitments of the two parts: SOCI9111-A-a and SOCI9111-B-a.
IWEPS chair
The IWEPS Chair consists in the intervention of 5 experts from the Walloon Institute of Evaluation, Forecasting and Statistics (IWEPS), on topics related to statistics and employment. The aim of these interventions is to familiarize students with the studies carried out by the different experts, to apprehend notions/definitions related to the labor market via different indicators.
In 2021, the interventions will be the following:
- Social inequalities in Wallonia, concept, issues and measures
- Measuring the progress of societies beyond GDP
- Radars and synthetic indicators: how to support local governance
- Unemployment rate, employment rate, activity rate and job creation: statistical insight into the labor market
- Forecast
Labour market indicators
The course aims to familiarize students with the different indicators generally used for the analysis of the labor market. It consists of several chapters. Each of them answers a question related to labor market statistics:
1. Understanding the indicator: Where does the data come from?
- Focus on administrative data
- Focus on survey data
2. LM diagnosis: what indicators to use to understand a country's labor market?
3. Employment policies: what are the government's means of action?
4. Poverty and labor
The course also includes a practical part: students will have to use the main databases accessible online and work in Excel
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
IWEPS chair
The objectif of these interventions is to familiarize students with the studies carried out by the different experts, to apprehend notions/definitions related to the labor market via different indicators.
Labour market indicators
The course has the following learning objectives: * Analyze a series of indicators and draw conclusions about the state of the labor market in one or the other country * To understand how the indicators are calculated and to be able to define them (formulas) * To mobilize (where to look?), To present (use of Excel) and to explain statistics relating to the labor market, as well as those relating to employment policies * Understand and define the different types of public policies related to employment (active and passive)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Labour market indicators
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
IWEPS chair
Seminars
Labour market indicators
This seminar is intended to be practical. The focus will be on the presentation and use of the various tools that provide access to public statistics.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Labour market indicators
The seminar will be participative.
Recommended or required readings
Labour market indicators
The powerpoint of the seminars are available for download via MyULg before each class session.
Assessment methods and criteria
IWEPS chair
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Attendance at sessions and questions related to sessions included in the final evaluation in June (course SOCI9111-B-a Labour Market Indicators)
Labour market indicators
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Written exam (June)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
IWEPS chair
F.Vandeninden@uliege.be
Labour market indicators
Frieda Vandeninden f.vandeninden@uliege.be