- Docente: Stefano Toso
- Credits: 3
- SSD: SECS-P/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Economic Policy (cod. 8420)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the seminar the student is able to use the applied tools for the empirical study of the distribution and redistribution of income.
Course contents
The seminar will be taught by Giovanni Gallo (giovanni.gallo@unimore.it [mailto:giovanni.gallo@unimore.it] ).
1. Introduction to the seminar, presentation of the Bank of Italy Survey on Housholds' Income and Wealth (SHIW) and the main micro datasets, both italian and international (Eurostat EU-Silc, LIS).
2. Introduction to the main Stata commands; exploration of the SHIW annual archives and dataset creation.
3. Introduction to the historical archive of the SHIW; construction of the equivalence scales (ISEE; OECD; modified OECD).
4. Graphical representation of income distributions (frequency density function, Lorenz curve, Pen parade, TIP curve, ...).
5. Computation of inequality and poverty indices (1).
6. Computation of inequality and poverty indices (2).
7. The European indicators of poverty and social exclusion. Introduction to subjective poverty measures.
8. Analysis of the redistributive effects of public policies: some examples.
Readings/Bibliography
Notes of the lectures will be available in electronic format.
Teaching methods
Lectures in the computing lab.
Assessment methods
The student is expected to write an essay on the topics studies during the course, using STATA, and present it at the end of the course.
Teaching tools
Access to personal computer and availability of the software STATA.
Office hours
See the website of Stefano Toso