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| CEKL5844 | Economics of Inequality | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of LABOR ECONOMICS and INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Cemalettin KALAYCI | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | It is aimed to examine the causes of income inequality and the means of income redistribution in different dimensions at national and international level. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Have knowledge about current developments in income inequality. | 1,2 | 1,3, | | PO - 2 : | Can make concrete economic, legal and political proposals for a fairer distribution of income. | 1,2 | 1,3, | | PO - 3 : | Evaluate the concrete situation of income distribution in the world and in Turkey. | 1,2 | 1,3, | | PO - 4 : | Can evaluate policies aiming to improve income distribution in a multidimensional way. | 1,2 | 1,3, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Types and theories of income distribution, methods of measuring income inequality, global dimension of income inequality, local and global causes of income inequality, income redistribution and redistributive instruments. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Types and theories of income distribution | | | Week 2 | Measurement and evolution of income inequality | | | Week 3 | Measurement and evolution of income inequality | | | Week 4 | Dimensions of income inequality in Turkey | | | Week 5 | Dimensions of income and wealth inequality in the world | | | Week 6 | Local and global causes of income inequality | | | Week 7 | Structural factors leading to inequality | | | Week 8 | The effects of wage differentials on income inequality and minimum wage | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Wealth disparities and income inequality | | | Week 11 | Globalization, technological development and income inequality | | | Week 12 | Economic development and income inequality | | | Week 13 | Income inequality in the welfare state | | | Week 14 | Income redistribution and redistributive instruments | | | Week 15 | Income redistribution and redistributive instruments | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Piyetty, T. (2015).The Economics of Inequality, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, London/ England. | | | |
| 1 | Piyetty, T. (2015). 21. Yüzyılda Kapital, (Çeviren: Hande Koçak), Türkiye İş Ban-kası Kültür Yayınları, 2.Baskı, Genel Yayın: 3144, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Özgüler, V. (2022), Gelir, Servet ve Yoksulluk, Nisan Yayınları, Eskişehir. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 2 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 3 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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