42613 - ECONOMIA DEL WELFARE STATE

Academic Year 2022/2023

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Management for Social Economy (cod. 8843)

Learning outcomes

 

Course contents

1.Aim and design of public policies: equity and efficiency 2.History of the Welfare State and its present role 3.The models of Welfare State 4. Pensions 5. Inequality and Poverty  6. "Second welfare" and the role of social economics

Readings/Bibliography

Selected Chapters from:

Stefano Toso, Massimo Baldini, Disuguaglianza, Povertà e Politiche Pubbliche, Il Mulino, 2009.

Nicholas Barr, The Economics of the Welfare State, Oxford University Press Nicholas Barr, The Welfare State as a Piggy Bank, Oxford University Press.

Jessoula Matteo, Pavolini Emanuele, La mano invisibile dello stato sociale. Il welfare fiscale in Italia, Il mulino, 2022

José Antonio Ocampo, ‎Joseph E. Stiglitz – 2018 The Welfare State Revisited, Columbia University Press.

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions

Assessment methods

written exam

GRADING

Grades are expressed on a 18-30 scale and graduated as follows:

<18 failed
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30 L excellent

Teaching tools

Additional material (readings and slides) will be uploaded in the course website

Office hours

See the website of Matteo Lippi Bruni

SDGs

No poverty Good health and well-being Decent work and economic growth Reduced inequalities

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.