Giannakopoulos Nicholas
Associate Professor
Field of Expertise:
Applied Microeconomics
Organic Unit / Lab:
Micro-Econometric Analysis of Labour Market Laboratory
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Office Hours:
Tuesday 12:00-14:00
Friday 13:00-14:00
Economics of Education
The aim of this course is to analyze the investment on human capital, using the tools of microeconomics analysis.
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
Lectures (3 hours per week)
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Activity |
Semester workload |
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Lectures (3 hours per week x 13 weeks) |
39 hours |
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Individual work |
111 hours |
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Total number of hours for the Course (25 hours of work-load per ECTS credit) |
150 hours (total student work-load) |
The assessment is based on student’s performance in the written final examination (80%), on a paper presentation during the semester (10%), and on a mid-term examination during the semester (10%). The content of written examinations deals with issues of understanding basic concepts, comparative evaluation of competitive theories and solving numerical problems related to the content of the course. The test is of a multiple-choice format and students are asked to choose the correct answer (40 questions) from a list of 5 alternative answers (per question). The evaluation criteria are described in the Course Syllabus, which is posted on the platform e-class upatras.
Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) (e.g. power point) in teaching. The lectures for each chapter are uploaded on the e-class platform in the form of ppt files, which the enrolled students can freely download.