Programme

Syllabus

1.Inequality between countries and within countries: definition and measures
2.Uneven growth: stylized facts and questions; Cross-country income differences
3. Economic institutions, growth and poverty traps
4. Distributional justice and inequality
a. Income inequality
b. Inequality of opportunity
c.Social mobility and intergenerational inequality
5. Inequality and redistribution: economic and political drivers
6. Inequality and labour market
a. Wage inequality: theory and evidence
b. Race and gender in the labour market
c. Discrimination: theory and evidence
7. Climate change: effects on the labor market
8. Inequality in Italy
a. Income inequality
b. Wealth inequality
c. Wage inequality

Core Documentation

Reading list available in the course material, MTeams

Attendance

required

Type of evaluation

Weitten essay, presentation