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Year 3 Economics.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Professor J Creedy.
Prerequisite: 316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics and 316-102 Introductory Microeconomics.
Pre/Corequisite: 316-201 Intermediate Macroeconomics and 316-202 Intermediate Microeconomics.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week for one semester.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- understand issues surrounding the measurement of economic inequality;
- understand the concept and measurement of poverty;
- judge the usefulness and the limitations of existing theory in the area of social economics;
- critically evaluate contemporary policy debates with reference to economic principles as applied to social economics;
- understand the role of transfer payments in an economy.
- understand principles of social insurance in relation to sickness, unemployment and pensions
Content:
The distribution of access to goods and services by members of the community. The problems involved in defining and measuring the personal distribution of income and wealth and the degree of inequality. The redistributive effects of the taxation and social security systems and of the government provision of goods and services. Special reference to current policy issues.
Assessment:
A 2-hour examination (80 per cent) and class assignments totalling approximately 2,000 words (20 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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