Einzelansicht eines Moduls
Modul (6 Credits)
Inequality in Health
- Name im Diploma Supplement
- Inequality in Health
- Verantwortlich
- Voraussetzungen
- Siehe Prüfungsordnung.
- Workload
- 180 Stunden studentischer Workload gesamt, davon:
- Präsenzzeit: 60 Stunden
- Vorbereitung, Nachbereitung: 60 Stunden
- Prüfungsvorbereitung: 60 Stunden
- Dauer
- Das Modul erstreckt sich über 1 Semester.
- Qualifikationsziele
Students taking this course will
- become familiar with quantitative measurement and decomposition methods for analysing health and income inequality.
- learn about health inequalities related to socioeconomic status, poverty, and economic development, and how these vary over time and across countries.
- deepen their theoretical understanding of these relationships.
- Acquire knowledge of prevalent empirical research designs for analysing health inequality, including practical experience in their application.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of the policy implications of empirical studies on health inequality, and their broader impact on the economy and society.
- Praxisrelevanz
The association of health and social status is widely recognized. As this phenomenon is often regarded as being undesirable from a normative point of view, the evaluation of its causes and effects has a high relevance from a policy perspective.
- Prüfungsmodalitäten
Final written exam on the teaching materials covered in lectures and tutorials (usually 60-90 min.).
- Verwendung in Studiengängen
- Bestandteile
Vorlesung mit integrierter Übung (6 Credits)
Inequality in Health
- Name im Diploma Supplement
- Inequality in Health
- Anbieter
- Lehrperson
- SWS
- 4
- Sprache
- englisch
- Turnus
- Wintersemester
- maximale Hörerschaft
- unbeschränkt
- empfohlenes Vorwissen
Good knowledge of econometrics required.
- Abstract
The students gain a sound knowledge of the theory and empirical contributions in the area of inequality in health.
- Lehrinhalte
- Measurement, Decomposition and Quantitative Analysis of Inequality
- Poverty and Health
- Income Inequality and Health
- The Emergence of a Social Gradient in Health
- Distributive Justice and Health
- Literaturangaben
Examples for relevant literature:
- Almond, D.; Currie, J.; Duque, V. (2018). Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes: Act II. Journal of Economic Literature, 56(4), 1360–1446
- Dalgaard, C.-J, L.; Strulik, H. (2011). Optimal Aging and Death: Understanding the Preston Curve. SSRN Electronic Journal 12: 672-701.
- Galama, T., Lleras-Muney, A., & Kippersluis, H. (2018). The Effect of Education on Health and Mortality: A Review of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance.
- didaktisches Konzept
Die Veranstaltung entspricht einem Vorlesungsanteil von 2 SWS und einem Übungsanteil von 2 SWS.
- Hörerschaft