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| CEK4016 | Anti-Poverty Policies | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First 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. Güven MURAT | | Co-Lecturer | Income, Income Distribution, Income Inequality Measurement Methods, Poverty, Different Dimensions of Poverty, Welfare State, Fight Against Poverty | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | learn the theoretical knowledge about income, income distribution, income inequality and poverty. | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | will be able to evaluate the current situation of income distribution and poverty in the world and in Turkey. | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | will be able to analyse and evaluate the perspective of welfare state typologies on poverty. | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | will have knowledge about anti-poverty policies, tools and practices. | 1,2 | 1, | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The aim of this course is to explain the theoretical framework of income distribution, wealth and poverty, to reveal the quantitative dimension of poverty in the world and in Turkey and to provide information about the policies implemented in the fight against poverty.. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Income and Income Related Concepts | | | Week 2 | Theories of Income Distribution | | | Week 3 | Types of Income Distribution and Factors Affecting Income Distribution | | | Week 4 | Income Redistributive Policies of the State | | | Week 5 | Measurement Methods of Income Inequality | | | Week 6 | Income Distribution in the World | | | Week 7 | Income Distribution in Türkiye | | | Week 8 | Income Distribution and Poverty in the Context of Economic Development Theories | | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 10 | Definition, Types and Measurement of Poverty | | | Week 11 | Causes of Poverty | | | Week 12 | Different Dimensions of Poverty | | | Week 13 | Poverty in the World and Türkiye | | | Week 14 | Anti-Poverty Policies (I) | | | Week 15 | Anti-Poverty Policies (II) | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Özgüler, V. 2022; Gelir, Servet ve Yoksulluk, Nisan Yayınları, Eskişehir | | | 2 | | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 1 | 50 | | 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 | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav | 11 | 1 | 11 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 11 | 1 | 11 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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