Growth, development and inequality

CFU 4
Obiettivi formativi
The seminar is meant to look at the links connecting inequality to growth and development and possibly to understand them.
Programma del corso
The assessment of income inequality: methods and results. Why the Human Development Index has been devised and what is the insight it offers. Tackling issues about health and education inequality. Does gender make a difference? The complex link between growth and inequality.
Testi (A)dottati, (C)onsigliati
- 1. (A) Branko Milanovic Worlds apart Princeton university press 2005
- 2. (A) E. Croci Angelini Lecture notes Mimeo 2013
Altre informazioni / materiali aggiuntivi
Lecture notes will be downloadable on the seminar webpage
Metodi didattici
- lezione frontale
Modalità di valutazione
- scritto
- orale
Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che possono essere utilizzate per l'attività didattica
English
Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che si intende utilizzare per la valutazione
English

MATERIALI DIDATTICI

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examinations
22/04/2013 The assessment will be based on a short essay (3000-5000 words) to be emailed to croci@unimc.it by June 16th and subsequently discussed in the exam session. The subject can be chosen from among the issues developed by one of the Reports mentioned in lecture notes "GDI-2".
timetable
04/03/2013 as it has been announced elsewhere, the seminar will start tomorrow March 5th, 11-13 (aula 3bis) and continue on the following Tuesdays: March 19th, April 16th, May 7th and 14th 11-13 (aula 3bis) and 13-15 (aula AL1).