Inequalities and Development

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The objective of the course is to familiarise students with the theory and empirical evidence concerning development. The course will cover the basic issues of income and wealth inequalities as well as population growth, migrations, human capital, institutions and innovativeness

Pełny opis: The aim of the course is to provide students with fundamental tools of development economics as well as to give some contextual knowledge about economic and social transformations.

L1. Income Inequalities

L2. Wealth Inequalities and Development

L3. Growth of Population and International Migrations

L4. Global Savings

L5. Gender and Employment

L6. Innovations and Growth

Piketty Thomas, 2014, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press and London.

Papers provided to students by the lecturer.

Upon the course completion (lecture, discussions) a student:

- is able to critically analyse the data concerning the development, global inequalities and correlates of economic growth

- is able to recognise the frequently repeated fallacies concerning the determinants of growth and global inequalities

- is able to provide an explanation for the emerging global inequalities

- is able to formulate relevant research questions as well as provide an educated guess about the mechanics describing the analysed economic processes.

SU05, SU06, SK01, SK03, SU04, SU03, SU02, SU01, SW03, SW02, SW01, SW04, SW05, SK02, SK04

The final grade will be awarded based on the: written exam in a form of essay (50% of the final grade); presentation of a given topic and active discussion in the group (50% of the final grade).