21201566 - ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL POLICY

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Programme

The course will address the following themes:
- Inequality and social justice
–– Income distribution
– Poverty and social exclusion
- Well-Being
- Gender issues
- Policies
–- Welfare state and welfare models
–– Social security/social safety nets
–– Minimum income, basic income, citizenship income

Core Documentation

- Emanuele Ciani and Roberto Torrini, The geography of Italian income inequality: recent trends and the role of employment, Bank of Italy-Occasional Papers, No. 492, April 2019. Available online at: https://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/qef/2019-0492/QEF_492_19.pdf?language_id=1

- Foster J., S. Seth and M. Lokshin (2013). A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice. Washington, World Bank Publications (esclusi capp. 3, 5 e Appendice). Free download: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/13731/9780821384619.pdf

- Todaro M. P. and S. C. Smith (2012). Economic development. Boston, Mass., Addison-Wesley. Solo cap. 5 (esclusi Caso Studio e Appendici). Book available in the library of "Scuola di Economia e Studi Aziendali".

- Ruggeri Laderchi C., R. Saith and F. Stewart (2003). “Does it Matter that we do not Agree on the Definition of Poverty? A Comparison of Four Approaches”, Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 31, No. 3, September. Online access to the article from the website of SBA Roma Tre.

- Eurostat (2023). Living conditions in Europe - poverty and social exclusion ​
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Living_conditions_in_Europe_-_poverty_and_social_exclusion

- World Bank (2023), Poverty and Inequality Platform Methodology Handbook: Non-technical summary, https://datanalytics.worldbank.org/PIP-Methodology/

- Joe Hasell, Pablo Arriagada, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Max Roser (2023) - "Economic Inequality". Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: https://ourworldindata.org/economic-inequality

Attendance

Attending classes is optional. However, active and constant attendance is assessed towards the exam.