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Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale in International Economics and Business - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Economics of incentives and motivation (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S008987
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SECS-P/01 - ECONOMICS
Period
Primo semestre (lauree magistrali) dal Oct 3, 2022 al Dec 23, 2022.
Learning objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce students to Personnel Economics, the application of economic approaches to classical questions in human resources management. The course aims to provide students with appropriate tools to analyze and interpret the motivations and behavior of agents in the labor market and within organizations. The course will use the most recent results of behavioral economics and organizational behavior to offer a rich and complete account of human motivation in the workplace. The student will be able to assess and judge the implications deriving from different managerial choices to increase workers’ productivity without decreasing their overall well-being.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Good knowledge of basic concepts of Microeconomics, Game Theory and Econometrics.
Program
Alle the materials will be uploaded on the Moodle page of the course.
The course will cover the following topics:
1. Intro
2. Hiring
3. Modelling heterogeneity: preferences and personality
4. Organizational design
5. Job design
6. Incentives and pay for performance
7. Sorting and matching
8. Corporate culture
9. Leadership
10. Hybrid work
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Part of the lectures will be presented by the teacher as a standard lectures. However, for some of the topics students are going to be asked to prepare and present these topics in class to the other students. This part will be count as a grade for the exam (see Exam Methods)
Learning assessment procedures
The exam consists of 3 parts.
1. Presentation of a topic to the class: students will be divided into groups of 3-4 people and will have to prepare a topic to present to the class.
2. Problem sets: There will be 3 problem sets for which students will have a week to submit. These problem sets are exercises based on the models addressed in class.
3. Final exam: the final exam will consist of two essay-type questions on the course contents. It will last one hour.
Evaluation criteria
Each of the parts will be graded on a 30 points scale.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The weights of the three parts for the final grade are as follows:
1. Presentation of a topic to the class - 30%
2. Problem sets - 30%
3. Final exam - 40%
Exam language
English
