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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ERA 2133 NATIONAL PRODUCT 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

Offered to

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

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 learn basic macroeconomic concepts and indicators (1) 2   To analyze the basic concepts about economic growth and development. (1) 3   To examine the relations between other macroeconomic variables and national income.(1) 4   To identify economic, social and political factors influencing income distribution and to examine the politics aiming to remove unequality. (1,2, 12) 5   To discuss the developments and problems about growth and income distribution around the World and 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 Introduction: Basic terms of economy. 2 The concept of national income and related concepts 3 An accounting systems for the national income 4 Informal economy and national income 5 Economic growth and development 6 Alternative theories of economic growth 7 World economic development and Türkiye 8 Semester exams 9 Semester exams 10 The concept of income distribution, and measurement of inequality 11 The recent factors that influencing the distribution of income 12 Socio-economic and taxes policies for the income inequality; Redistribution 13 Income distribution and inequality in a selected world countries and Türkiye 14 Analyzing redistribution policies in Türkiye

Recomended or Required Reading

.B. Atkinson- F.Bourguignon; Handbook of Income Distribution.Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2007 Erinç Yeldan: The Economics of Growth and Distribution, Efil Yayınevi, Ankara, 2010. Hendrick van Den Berg; Economic Growth and Development. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2001.

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 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER) 2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE STT * 0.50 +MTE * 0.50 4 FIN FINAL EXAM 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 6 RST RESIT 7 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

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for final exam 1 9 9 Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 1 1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1 1