COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATIONAL INCOME AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 2007 NATIONAL INCOME AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FARUK SAPANCALI

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course that to explaining and discussing the concepts, theories and policies of national income, distribution and redistribution which are the basic indicators of the macro economy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   .To recognize the basic macro-economic concepts and indicators (1)
2   To evaluate the basic elements of economic growth and development (1)
3   To recognize the relations between national income and other macro-economic variables (1)
4   To define economic, social and political factors which is affects income distribution and policies to abolish inequality (1, 2,12)
5   To discuss developments and issues related to growth and income distribution in the world and in Türkiye (1,2,12)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The principles of the economy and basic concepts
2 National income and related concepts
3 The methods of measurement of national income
4 The relation between informal economy and national income
5 Economic Growth and Development
6 Theories of Growth and Development
7 Human developments in the world and Türkiye
8 Midterm exam
9 Income Distribution; concepts and measurement
10 Factors affecting income distribution
11 Policies aimed at reducing inequality in income distribution
12 Income distribution and inquality in Türkiye
13 Income distribution and inquality in the World
14 Poverty and Social Exclusion
15 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Tevfik PEKIN: Makro Ekonomi. Zeus Kitapevi, Izmir, 2008.
Sadun AREN: Ekonomi Dersleri. Imge Kitapevi, Ankara, 2009.
Erinç YELDAN: Iktisadi Büyüme ve Bölüşüm Teorileri. Efil yayınevi, Ankara, 2010.
Erdal ÜNSAL : Iktisadi Büyüme. Imaj Yayınevi, Ankara, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

First of all explanation of the subject and issues by the teacher and at the end of course made an overall assessment and discussed with students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi
Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri Ilişkileri Bölümü
Telefon: 412 03 55
faruk.sapancali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday, Wednesday , Tuesday 16:00/17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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