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| CEK5338 | ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE WELFARE STATE | 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 | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Welfare economics deals with the social and economic improvements of individuals' or societys' situations. It uses partial, general equilibrium and L. Walrasian approaches. Using welfare criterias it generates comments regarding the society. The main purpose of the course is to propose these approaches and the views of welfare economists to the students. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Has materials including up-to-date information, operative tools and equipment, methods and techniques of investigation and advanced theoretical and practical knowledge. | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1,5,6 | | PO - 2 : | Evaluates the terms and theories in the field of economics with scientific methods, can determine and analyse the problems and causes he faces and comes up with suggestions about potential solutions and researches. | | 1,5,6 | | PO - 3 : | In order to solve complicated problems in the field of economics that has not been foreseen, he works individually or as part of a team. | | 1,5 | | PO - 4 : | Plans personal and corporate development, using his knowledge and talents in economics. | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1,5 | | PO - 5 : | Synthesises new information and abilities in a critical way. | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1,5 | | PO - 6 : | Acquires a positive manner towards life-long learning based on the theoretical and practical information he has learnt. | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1,5 | | PO - 7 : | Informs people and institutions about his field of work, lets them know of his thoughts and his suggestions of the problems in a theoretical and practical way. | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1,5 | | PO - 8 : | Supports the ideas about the problems in the field of economics with quantitative and qualitative data and shares them with the people and institutions involved. | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1,5 | | PO - 9 : | Tracks the theoretical and practical information in the field of economics by using a foreign language and shares them with the people and institutions involved. | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1,5 | | PO - 10 : | Can work in an interdisciplinary context by using his knowledge on economics with other disciplines. | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1,5 | | 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 | | |
| CHAPTER 1 :General Equilibrium and Welfare Economics:Welfare Definition,General Equilibrium,Social Welfare Criteria,Economic Optimal Activity, Limit of welfare,Activity in the Distribution of Goods Among Consumers,Edgeworth BOX DIAGRAM, CHAPTER 2: Welfare economy, the two main Theorem,:First Welfare Theorem,Second Welfare Theorem CHAPTER 3 :Social Policy,Types of Welfare State and Welfare State,Social Indifference Curves and Externality;Welfare State,Types of Welfare State,Various Applications of the Welfare State:(United Kingdom " Poor Laws and Beveridge System,Germany Bismarck System,France: Solidarity and Unity,Sweden: Re-distributed Business Model,United States),Overview of International Social Policy:European Union,Globalization and Welfare CHAPTER 4: Welfare as a Function of Health:Health Inequalities,Classification of Health,Social Indifference Curves, CHAPTER 5 : Externalities CHAPTER 6 :Increase in GDP as a welfare criterion Chapter 7:Welfare Criteria and Some Welfare Economists Opinion: J.Bentham Criteria, N.Kaldor-Hicks criterion (Loss Coverage Policy),T. Scitovsky, and bilateral Criteria,K. Arrow and Selection Contradiction,A. Berkson and Social Welfare Function,Paul A. Samuelson and Social Indifference Curves |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to welfare economics, and its role in the general economics | | | Week 2 | The general equilibrium and welfare economics, and social welfare criterias | | | Week 3 | Economic optimum, welfare limit, the efficiency of distribution of goods among consumers and EDGEWORTH box diagram. | | | Week 4 | Social policies, and applications in several countries | | | Week 5 | Healthcare practices as a welfare function | | | Week 6 | Welfare criteria and the ideas of some economists | | | Week 7 | Welfare state types | | | Week 8 | The comparison of health applications in OECD countries | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Externalities | | | Week 11 | N.Koldor-Hicks Criteria | | | Week 12 | Sitovsky and Dual criteria | | | Week 13 | A.Berkson and Betham Criteria | | | Week 14 | Paul A.Samuelson social indifference curves | | | Week 15 | K. Arrow and polling paradox | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Albert,Michel Hankel Robin,A Quiet Revolution in Welfare Economics | | | 2 | Özdemir, S. (2007), Küreselleşme Sürecinde Refah Devleti, İstanbul: İTO Yayınları. | | | |
| 1 | Yar.Doç.Dr.Kamil USLU :Refah Ekonomisi Ders Notları | | | 2 | Rona Turanlı:Mikro İktisat | | | 3 | Edgar Morin,The Wefare Ecconoomics of Public Policy | | | 4 | Buğra, A. Keyder, Ç.(2006), The Turkish Welfare Regime in Transformatin, Journal of European Social Policy, C. 16, S.3, s.2011-228. | | | 5 | Buğra, A, Keyder, Ç. (2006), Sosyal Politika Yazıları, İstanbul: İletişim | | | 6 | Topak, O (2012), Refah Devleti ve Kapitalizm, İstanbul: İletişim | | | 7 | Başoğlu, Parasız, Ölmezoğulları, Genel Denge ve Refah,, Bursa: Ezki Kitabevi, 1998 | | | 8 | Dedeoğlu, S., Elveren, A. Y. (2012), Türkiye'de Refah Devleti ve Kadın, İstanbul: İletişim | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 10/11/2016 | | 30 | | Presentation | 12 | | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 05/01/2017 | | 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 | 10 | 14 | 140 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 219 |
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