The course aims to provide a synthetic yet complete view of the economic growth and development.
In particular, the course aims to provide students with an overview of the facts to be explained, providing them with the tools with which to set up the analysis to enable them to construct their own independent and critical point of view.
Starting from the analysis of production factor accumulation as an interpretative key to explain growth (i.ee physical capital, population and economic growth, future trends in demographic development and human capital), the student is subsequently exposed to the study of productivity (and in particular, to problems related to its measure), technology and the concept of technological frontier. Subsequently, the analysis framework is extended through the study of efficiency and economic growth in an open economy. Finally, it is completed by providing the student with an overview of the fundamentals of development by examining the role that state, income inequality, cultural context, geography, climate and natural resources play in explaining economic development.
In particular, the course aims to provide students with an overview of the facts to be explained, providing them with the tools with which to set up the analysis to enable them to construct their own independent and critical point of view.
Starting from the analysis of production factor accumulation as an interpretative key to explain growth (i.ee physical capital, population and economic growth, future trends in demographic development and human capital), the student is subsequently exposed to the study of productivity (and in particular, to problems related to its measure), technology and the concept of technological frontier. Subsequently, the analysis framework is extended through the study of efficiency and economic growth in an open economy. Finally, it is completed by providing the student with an overview of the fundamentals of development by examining the role that state, income inequality, cultural context, geography, climate and natural resources play in explaining economic development.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
• The facts to explain
• The tools with which to set up the analysis
• Physical capital
• Population and economic growth
• Future trends in demographic development
• Human capital
• Measure productivity
• The role of technology in economic growth
• The frontier of technology
• Efficiency
• Economic growth in an open economy
• The state
• Income inequality
• The cultural context
• Geography, climate, and natural resources
• Resources and environment globally
• What we have learned and what remains to be understood
PART 2: INSIGHTS
A book chosen from the following:
• Becchetti L., Wikieconomia, il Mulino, 2014
• Boccella N., Feliziani V., Rinaldi A., Economia e sviluppo diseguale, Pearson, 2013
• Cohen J., Federico G., Lo sviluppo economico italiano, il Mulino, 2001
• Di Martino P., Vasta M. (a cura di), Ricchi per caso, il Mulino, 2017
• Frey B.S., Marti C.F., Economia della felicità, il Mulino, 2012
• Massarutto A., Un mondo senza rifiuti? il Mulino, 2019
• McCloskey D.N., Carden A., La grande ricchezza, Luiss University Press, 2021
• Mossello M.T., Politica dell’ambiente, il Mulino, 2008
• Rinaldi A., Verga E., Globalizzazione, sviluppo, cooperazione internazionale, Pearson, 2021
• Tagliapietra S., L’energia del mondo, il Mulino, 2020
• Testa C., Elogio della crescita felice, Marsilio, 2020
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Programme
PART 1:• The facts to explain
• The tools with which to set up the analysis
• Physical capital
• Population and economic growth
• Future trends in demographic development
• Human capital
• Measure productivity
• The role of technology in economic growth
• The frontier of technology
• Efficiency
• Economic growth in an open economy
• The state
• Income inequality
• The cultural context
• Geography, climate, and natural resources
• Resources and environment globally
• What we have learned and what remains to be understood
PART 2: INSIGHTS
Core Documentation
Weil D.N., Crescita economica, Hoepli, 2007A book chosen from the following:
• Becchetti L., Wikieconomia, il Mulino, 2014
• Boccella N., Feliziani V., Rinaldi A., Economia e sviluppo diseguale, Pearson, 2013
• Cohen J., Federico G., Lo sviluppo economico italiano, il Mulino, 2001
• Di Martino P., Vasta M. (a cura di), Ricchi per caso, il Mulino, 2017
• Frey B.S., Marti C.F., Economia della felicità, il Mulino, 2012
• Massarutto A., Un mondo senza rifiuti? il Mulino, 2019
• McCloskey D.N., Carden A., La grande ricchezza, Luiss University Press, 2021
• Mossello M.T., Politica dell’ambiente, il Mulino, 2008
• Rinaldi A., Verga E., Globalizzazione, sviluppo, cooperazione internazionale, Pearson, 2021
• Tagliapietra S., L’energia del mondo, il Mulino, 2020
• Testa C., Elogio della crescita felice, Marsilio, 2020
Type of delivery of the course
The teaching includes lectures, but also group exercises assigned during the course. The attendance of the lessons, although recommended, is not mandatory.Type of evaluation
The exam consists of a written and an oral test. Both include theoretical and practical questions relating to the whole program. teacher profile teaching materials
• The facts to explain
• The tools with which to set up the analysis
• Physical capital
• Population and economic growth
• Future trends in demographic development
• Human capital
• Measure productivity
• The role of technology in economic growth
• The frontier of technology
• Efficiency
• Economic growth in an open economy
• The state
• Income inequality
• The cultural context
• Geography, climate, and natural resources
• Resources and environment globally
• What we have learned and what remains to be understood
PART 2: INSIGHTS
A book chosen from the following:
• Becchetti L., Wikieconomia, il Mulino, 2014
• Boccella N., Feliziani V., Rinaldi A., Economia e sviluppo diseguale, Pearson, 2013
• Cohen J., Federico G., Lo sviluppo economico italiano, il Mulino, 2001
• Di Martino P., Vasta M. (a cura di), Ricchi per caso, il Mulino, 2017
• Frey B.S., Marti C.F., Economia della felicità, il Mulino, 2012
• Massarutto A., Un mondo senza rifiuti? il Mulino, 2019
• McCloskey D.N., Carden A., La grande ricchezza, Luiss University Press, 2021
• Mossello M.T., Politica dell’ambiente, il Mulino, 2008
• Rinaldi A., Verga E., Globalizzazione, sviluppo, cooperazione internazionale, Pearson, 2021
• Tagliapietra S., L’energia del mondo, il Mulino, 2020
• Testa C., Elogio della crescita felice, Marsilio, 2020
Programme
PART 1:• The facts to explain
• The tools with which to set up the analysis
• Physical capital
• Population and economic growth
• Future trends in demographic development
• Human capital
• Measure productivity
• The role of technology in economic growth
• The frontier of technology
• Efficiency
• Economic growth in an open economy
• The state
• Income inequality
• The cultural context
• Geography, climate, and natural resources
• Resources and environment globally
• What we have learned and what remains to be understood
PART 2: INSIGHTS
Core Documentation
Weil D.N., Crescita economica, Hoepli, 2007A book chosen from the following:
• Becchetti L., Wikieconomia, il Mulino, 2014
• Boccella N., Feliziani V., Rinaldi A., Economia e sviluppo diseguale, Pearson, 2013
• Cohen J., Federico G., Lo sviluppo economico italiano, il Mulino, 2001
• Di Martino P., Vasta M. (a cura di), Ricchi per caso, il Mulino, 2017
• Frey B.S., Marti C.F., Economia della felicità, il Mulino, 2012
• Massarutto A., Un mondo senza rifiuti? il Mulino, 2019
• McCloskey D.N., Carden A., La grande ricchezza, Luiss University Press, 2021
• Mossello M.T., Politica dell’ambiente, il Mulino, 2008
• Rinaldi A., Verga E., Globalizzazione, sviluppo, cooperazione internazionale, Pearson, 2021
• Tagliapietra S., L’energia del mondo, il Mulino, 2020
• Testa C., Elogio della crescita felice, Marsilio, 2020
Type of delivery of the course
The teaching includes lectures, but also group exercises assigned during the course. The attendance of the lessons, although recommended, is not mandatory.Type of evaluation
The exam consists of a written and an oral test. Both include theoretical and practical questions relating to the whole program.