DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY AND INEQUALITY

Enrollment year

2009/2010

Academic year

2009/2010

Regulations

DM270

Academic discipline

SECS-P/01 (POLITICAL ECONOMY)

Department

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

Course

ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION

Curriculum

INTEGRAZIONE ECONOMICA INTERNAZIONALE

Year of study

1°

Period

1st semester (21/09/2009 - 08/01/2010)

ECTS

Lesson hours

60 lesson hours

Language

Italian

Activity type

ORAL TEST

Teacher

CHIAPPERO ENRICA (titolare) - 9 ECTS

Prerequisites

Economics and statistics

Learning outcomes

The aim of this course is to critically examine the linkages between poverty, inequality and growth, the most relevant measurement issues related to inequality and poverty analysis and their implication in terms of economic and human development policies. The course is divided into two teaching modules (inequality analysis and poverty analysis) and integrated by workshops providing the skills required for carrying out empirical analysis using Stata.

Course contents

The main topics discussed in this course are: normative and positive theory of income distribution
- Positive income inequality measures and complete rankings
- Normative income inequality measures and partial orderings: Lorenz curve and axiomatic structure of normative indexes
- Theories and measures of income poverty
- Multidimensional poverty analysis: theory and measures
- Growth, poverty and inequality linkages in a globalizing world
- Inequalities and poverty in developed and developing countries: empirical evidence

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars and exercises

Reccomended or required readings

Assessment methods

Written examination and lab empirical analysis

Further information

Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030

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