Unit ECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

Course
Political sciences and international relations
Study-unit Code
GP003823
Curriculum
Relazioni internazionali
Teacher
Lucia Mangiavacchi
Teachers
  • Lucia Mangiavacchi
Hours
  • 63 ore - Lucia Mangiavacchi
CFU
9
Course Regulation
Coorte 2023
Offered
2024/25
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline economiche-politiche
Academic discipline
SECS-P/01
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian. International students are welcome to attend.
Contents
The course is organized in two parts.
First Part:
-Migration flows and local labor market.
-Poverty and inequalities
-Intergenerational mobility

Second Part:
-International trade models.
-Trade and income distribution.
-Trade and development
Reference texts
Reading list of scientific articles on the e-learning platform Unistudium.
Educational objectives
The course has the following objectives:
(i) knowledge of international economics, trade flows and production factors flow.
(ii) knowledge of trade policies and their relationship with income distribution.
(iii) ability to read scientific economic articles
(iv) ability to work with aggregate data to make statistical tables and figures.
(vi) ability to produce a short empirical essay
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of microeconomics, mathematics and statistics. Basic use of Excel.
Teaching methods
The course is based on theory lectures. in the second part of the week will be organized with "flipped classroom" and data sessions at the lab.
Learning verification modality
Research paper on the topics of the course.
Extended program
The course is organized in two parts.
First Part:
-Migration flows and local labor market.
-Poverty and inequalities
-Intergenerational mobility

Second Part:
-International trade models.
-Trade and income distribution.
-Trade and development
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
1. Zero poverty; 10. Reduce inequalities.
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