Unit DEMOGRAPHY
- Course
- Political sciences and international relations
- Study-unit Code
- GP003825
- Curriculum
- Relazioni internazionali
- Teacher
- Donatella Lanari
- Teachers
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- Donatella Lanari
- Hours
- 63 ore - Donatella Lanari
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- SECS-S/04
- Type of study-unit
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian language.
International and Erasmus students are invited to attend lectures. References are available also in English. Examination for foreign students is either in Italian or English language. - Contents
- Sources of data. Structural characteristics and dynamics of populations. Lexis scheme and life tables. Analysis of nuptiality, fertility. Mobility and migrations. Demographic forecasts. Demographic transition of developed and developing countries. Low fertility and ageing in Italy. World population growth. International migrations.
- Reference texts
- 2006.C. BLANGIARDO, Elementi di Demografia, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2006
or
2010. DE SANTIS, Demografia, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2010,
In addition some lectures notes will be available on-line in the Unistudium platform - Educational objectives
- The course aims at providing the necessary tools to analyse the main structural characteristics and dynamics of human populations and the differences in demographic behavior between developed and developing countries.
By the end of the course, students will acquire a good knowledge of the issues covered and will be able to use the main tools for the measurement and analysis of demographic processes to solve basic demographic exercises and interpret the results. - Prerequisites
- None.
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical lectures and practical training by using Istat database and international datasets.
If the pandemic crisis will continue, the teaching will be both on-line and with face-to-face lectures. - Learning verification modality
- The exam includes a written test and an oral exam. The written test consists in solving 4-5 exercises of demographic analysis. The written test, which lasts two hours, is intended to verify the student’s ability to understand the issues proposed and to correctly apply the theoretical knowledge. In addition, the oral exam consists of a discussion of no longer than 20 minutes aimed at assessing the knowledge of the theoretical and methodological issues of the course.
If the pandemic crisis will continue examinations will be on-line. - Extended program
- Basic concepts and methodology of demography. Demographic surveys: Italian and international surveys for population’s studies. The measures of variation and structural characteristics of populations. Demographics trends: frequency and intensity measures of demographic phenomena. The Lexis diagram and the life tables. Analysis of nuptiality. Transition to adulthood. Fertility: factors influencing fertility, total fertility rate. Migration. Population forecasts.
During the course some thematic insights will be offered: general outline of the earth population development. The theoretical framework of demographic transition in developed and less developed countries. Low fertility and population aging in Italy: causes and consequences. The demographic mechanisms of the developing countries in the twentieth century. Consequences of the expected growth of the world population. International migrations. Climate change and migration flows.