Personnel Economics

Education facts

Code: SO7451

Personnel economics applies economic tools to topics from human resource management. This course provides an introduction to a wide range of topics relevant to HR managers, such as recruiting and hiring, training investments, or payment schemes. Underlying economic theories as well as empirical evidence will be discussed in the course. After successful completion of the course, the student should: - understand how economic theory can be used to analyze questions from human resource management, such as recruiting and hiring, training investments, and pay-ment schemes. - understand how human resource practices can be analyzed empirically. - be able to apply theoretical and empirical findings to real-life cases. - understand and explain how labor market regulation (e.g. collective agreements) can be incorporated in the personnel economics approach. - be able to read and critically review research papers using an personnel economics approach.

Entry requirements

Bachelor's degree of 180 ECTS credits in pedagogy, psychology or sociology with emphasis on personnel, work and organization, or equivalent, including a thesis of 15 credits and Swedish upper secondary school course English B/English 6 or equivalent. If a student has a degree in a major other than pedagogy, psychology or sociology, a special eligibility assessment is made.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Personnel Economics

  Stockholm University

  Start date: 19 January 2026

  End date: 22 March 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %