In their dissertation projects, the doctoral students of the Graduate Centre of Excellence analyse national and international labour market institutions from an economic as well as from a legal perspective.

The first year of the programme, therefore, consists of substantial course work so as to equip the students in the early stage of their research with a profound knowledge of contemporary economic and econometric methods and of relevant legal theories and concepts. By focusing on contemporary economic research, these lectures, seminars and workshops also help students to sketch and define their own research projects. The majority of courses are held by external experts. In addition, students are encouraged to attend summer schools in Germany and abroad.

In the second and third year students are expected to work on their individual research projects and to present and discuss their results in national and international conferences. The following list provides an overview of the course work offered to  doctoral students during their first year.

Winter Term 2009/2010:

Advanced Seminar: Probleme der eurpäischen Integration (Problems of European Integration). Prof. Dr. Monika Schlachter und Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Sadowski .

Seminar: Analysing Regulation. Prof. Anthony Ogus.

Summer Term 2009:

Advanced Seminar: The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Sadowsk i und PD Dr. Uwe Jirjahn.

Seminar: Ansätze des internationalen Institutionenvergleichs II (Approaches to International Comparative Institutions). Prof. Dr. Martin Schneider.

Workshop: Applied Econometrics. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Hujer und Dr. Dubravko Radic.

Winter Term 2008/2009:

Advanced Seminar: Experimental Labour Economics. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Sadowski, Dr. Peter Schneider and Dipl.-Vw. Dipl.-Hdl. Vanessa Mertins

Seminar: Proposal Writing and Dissertation Management. Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Sadowski

Seminar: Ansätze des internationalen Institutionenvergleichs (Approaches to International Comparative Institutions). Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Sadowski

Summer Term 2008:

Workshop: Makro- und Umweltökonomie (Macro- and Environmental Economics) Dr. Ingmar Schumacher

Winter Term 2007/2008:

Advanced Seminar: Arbeitsmarktökonometrie II (Labour Market Econometrics II). Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Sadowski and Dr. Christoph Sax.

Workshop: Ökonomische Modellierung (Economic Modelling). Prof. Dr. Eberhard Feess (RWTH Aachen).

Summer Term 2007:

Advanced Seminar: Arbeitsmarktökonometrie (Labour Market Econometrics). Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Sadowski and Dr. Christoph Sax.

Workshop: Fortgeschrittene Mikroökonometrie (Advanced Microeconometrics). PD Dr. Lutz Bellmann (IAB Nürnberg).

Workshop: Product and Labour Market Imperfections. Dr. Sabien Dobbelaere (Universiteit Ghent).

Workshop Discussions. Prof. Orley C. Ashenfelter (Princeton University).

Workshop: Angewandte Mikroökonometrie (Applied Microeconometrics). Prof. Dr. Reinhard Hujer (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) and Dr. Dubravko Radic (Bergische Universität Wuppertal).

Winter Term 2006/2007:

Reading Course: Supiot Bericht (Supiot Report). Prof. Dr. Thomas Raab and Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Sadowski.

Advanced Seminar: Labour Economics. Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Sadowski and Dr. Ruslan Gurtoviy.

Seminar: Analysing Regulation. Prof. Anthony Ogus (University of Manchester).

Seminar: Marktversagen (Market Failure). Prof. Dr. Laszlo Goerke (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen).

Seminar: Methoden des Rechtsvergleichs am Beispiel von Werkvertrag-Arbeitsvertrag-Dienstvertrag (Methods of Comparative Law using the example of Service Contracts - Employment Contracts - Labour Contracts). Prof. Dr. Thomas Rüfner.

Workshop: Mikroökonometrie – Panel-Daten-Analyse (Microeconometrics - Panel-Data-Analysis). PD Dr. Lutz Bellmann (IAB Nürnberg).

Seminar: Das Konzept des verteilungsneutralen Spielraums im Gutachten des Sachverständigenrates: Idee und Statistik – Eine Einführung (The concept of distribution-neutral leeway in the expertise of the German Council of Economic Experts: Idea and Stastics - An Introduction). Prof. Dr. Eckhard Knappe.

Summer Term 2006:

Workshop: Ökonomische Modellierung (Economic Modelling). Prof. Dr. Eberhard Feess (RWTH Aachen).

Seminar: The Economics of Flexibility. Dr. Federica Origo (Università degli studi di Bergamo).

Seminar: Atypische Beschäftigungsformen – Ein deutsch-italienischer Rechtsvergleich (Atypical Modes of Employment - a Comparison between German and Italian Law) Prof. Dr. Maximilian Fuchs (Katholische

Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) und Prof. Dr. Luca Nogler (Università degli studi di Trento).

Seminar: Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Lasse Cronqvist (Philipps-Universität Marburg).

Seminar: Die Analyse von Arbeitsmarktprozessen (The Analysis of Labour Market Processes). Dr. Holger Alda (IAB Nürnberg).

Seminar: Limits of Freedom of Contract. Prof. Dr. Gregor Bachmann.

Seminar: Mikroökonometrie (Panel-Daten-Analyse) Teil II (Microeconometrics - Panel-Data-Analysis Part II). PD Dr. Lutz Bellmann (IAB Nürnberg).

Lecture: Spieltheorie und experimentelle Ökonomik (Game Theory and Experimental Economics). Prof. Dr. Stefan Traub.

Excercise Lecture: Spieltheorie (Game Theory). Dr. Ruslan Gurtoviy.

Seminar: Europäisches und Internationales Arbeitsrecht (European and International Labour Law). Prof. Dr. Dres. h. c. Rolf Birk.

Seminar: Kollektives Arbeitsrecht I (Collective Labour Law I). Prof. Dr. Dres. h. c. Rolf Birk.

Seminar: Law and Economics. Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Sadowski and Dr. Susanne Warning.

Seminar: Proposal Writing and Dissertation Management. Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Sadowski and Prof. Dr. Martin Schneider.

Seminar: Datenanalyse mit Stata (Data Analysis with Stata). Dr. Cornelia Weins.