COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATIONAL PRODUCT AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 2131 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TIJEN ERDUT

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 be able to learn basic macroeconomic concepts and indicators
2   To be able to analyze the basic concepts about economic growth and development
3   To be able to examine the relations between other macroeconomic variables and national income
4   To be able to identify economic, social and political factors influencing income distribution and to examine the politics aiming to remove unequality
5   To be able to discuss the developments and problems about growth and income distribution around the World and Türkiye

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

A.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 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

English

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 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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