U52026 Changing Unemployment in Europe Cross Country Analysis Learning outcomes
Through the completion of the essay you are expected to achieve thefollowing learning outcomes:
1. To demonstrate your understanding of the economic theories of labour market and unemployment.
2. To evaluate the research question based on OECD data.
3. To demonstrate your ability to follow the general academic writing rules, as well as the formatting rules and referencing rules provided below.
Structural requirement
Your reportshould consist ofthe following distinct sections, in the following order. Provide clear section breaks, with section titles.
Section 1: Introduction
–One sentence or two, consisting of a thesis statement. Nothing else should be included.
Section 2: Economic theory and model
–Explain the economic theories and/or models that explain the changes in unemployment that are relevant to your data analysis. If you choose to include a graph, draw your own graphs (i.e., do not copy and paste from lecture slides).
–Among these major determinants of labour market performance, e.g. unionisation, minimum wage, immigration, etc. you need to focus on ONLY ONEexplanation to structure your essay.
Section 3: OECD Data
–Present the data from the OECD websites. Explain your findings.
–You case choose any 5 countries in Europefrom the data set to test your theory.
–There is no restrictions on the time periods.
Section 4: Reflective comments
–Reflect on your experience for this coursework.
Section 5: List of references
No footnotes, endnotes, etc. are allowed.
The maximum length of the report is 1500 words, for the entire document (i.e., word countfor the entire filewill be applied). Words that exceed the maximum by more than 10% will be ignored (hence considered missing) and will result in penalty. DO NOT EXCEED THE WORD LIMIT.
About referencing
The anticipated number of works on your list of reference is just a few, referring to the OECD websites. You are allowed to incorporate more works into your essay, provided that you keep to the word limit.
Contents requirements
You must use the OECD websites to construct (see the instruction file for Seminar Exercise) useful graphs and also to obtain other relevant data. As this is to be a cross-country analysis, a minimum of three countries of your choice must be included.
Do not deviate from the topic as specified by the Research Question on p. 1 of this brief. Doing so will result in automatic ZERO mark for the module.
Formatting requirements
–Either in docx/doc or PDF format is fine.
–Word-processed in 11 point Arial font
–Single-spaced
–Reasonable margins (e.g., 2.5 cm)
–All pages must be numbered U52026 Coursework Essay brief-1
U52026 International Labour Market Coursework Essay
(50% of the assessment)
Research question:
Changing Unemployment in Europe: A cross-country analysis
Learning outcomes
Through the completion of the essay you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:
1. To demonstrate your understanding of the economic theories of labour
market and unemployment.
2. To evaluate the research question based on OECD data.
3. To demonstrate your ability to follow the general academic writing rules,
as well as the formatting rules and referencing rules provided below.
Structural requirement
Your report should consist of the following distinct sections, in the following order.
Provide clear section breaks, with section titles.
Section 1: Introduction
–One sentence or two, consisting of a thesis statement. Nothing else should be
included.
Section 2: Economic theory and model
–Explain the economic theories and/or models that explain the changes in
unemployment that are relevant to your data analysis. If you choose to include a graph,
draw your own graphs (i.e., do not copy and paste from lecture slides).
–Among these major determinants of labour market performance, e.g. unionisation,
minimum wage, immigration, etc. you need to focus on ONLY ONE explanation to
structure your essay.
Section 3: OECD Data
–Present the data from the OECD websites. Explain your findings.
–You case choose any 5 countries in Europe from the data set to test your theory.
–There is no restrictions on the time periods.
U52026 Coursework Essay brief-2
Section 4: Reflective comments
–Reflect on your experience for this coursework.
Section 5: List of references
No footnotes, endnotes, etc. are allowed.
The maximum length of the report is 1500 words, for the entire document (i.e., word
count for the entire file will be applied). Words that exceed the maximum by more
than 10% will be ignored (hence considered missing) and will result in penalty. DO
NOT EXCEED THE WORD LIMIT.
About referencing
The anticipated number of works on your list of reference is just a few, referring to the
OECD websites. You are allowed to incorporate more works into your essay, provided
that you keep to the word limit.
Contents requirements
You must use the OECD websites to construct (see the instruction file for Seminar
Exercise) useful graphs and also to obtain other relevant data. As this is to be a
cross-country analysis, a minimum of three countries of your choice must be included.
Do not deviate from the topic as specified by the Research Question on p. 1 of this brief.
Doing so will result in automatic ZERO mark for the module.
Formatting requirements
–Either in docx/doc or PDF format is fine.
–Word-processed in 11 point Arial font
–Single-spaced
–Reasonable margins (e.g., 2.5 cm)
–All pages must be numbered
About the cover page
–The title of the essay is your student ID number.
–Do NOT include your name (in order to facilitate anonymous marking).
Submission deadline and instructions
Deadline is Friday,
26 April, 1pm.
U52026 Coursework Essay brief-3
The assignment must be submitted anonymously via the Turnitin site.
The online link to Turnitin submission will appear on the Moodle module website.
Assessment criteria:
Section 2 and Section 3 are together worth 80% of the marks for the report. The
remaining 20% will be based on the overall quality of the report (cohesiveness, writing
quality, compliance with other requirements, etc.)
Meanwhile, the overall marks for an essay shall reflect the following criteria:
Third class:
The report provides data related to relevant economic theory and unemployment
available from the OECD websites. The report presents arguments in the
designated order. Formatting rules, referencing rules, submission rules, and
proper academic writing rules are followed.
Lower second:
In addition to all above, the report provides answers supported by good
cross-country analysis. The contents of the report provide an adequate support
for its thesis statement.
Upper second:
In addition to all above, the report demonstrates a clear connection between the
data and the relevant theories. The contents of the report provide a strong
support for its thesis statement.
First:
The report achieves all above, plus delivers high-quality writing–the report is
carefully structured overall, flows well, provides strong argumentation, delivers
good paragraph writing, sentence structures, etc.
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