30195 - ECONOMICS (POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION)
CLEAM - CLEF - CLEACC - BESS-CLES - BIEMF
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
The course consists of three parts. The first part introduces the theoretical and practical issues faced by the measurement of poverty and inequality. The second part discusses some of their fundamental caused, including international trade, immigration, and technical change. Finally, we review the evidence about the effectiveness of alternative policies for fighting poverty.
- The World distribution of income.
- Long-run trends in poverty and inequality.
- Poverty headcounts.
- Pareto, Gini and the Lorenz curve.
- The Atkinson's Index.
- The Atkinson’s Index.
- The axiomatic approach.
- Globalization and skill-biased technical change: new views on an old debate.
- International migration.
- The capital/income ratio in the long-run.
- Aid effectiveness: the evidence across countries.
- Randomized control trials.
The exam is written.
No specific prerequisites are required but basic knowledge of microeconomics, macroeconomic and statistics. The course is mainly addressed toward students who plan to enrol in the Master of Science.