Demography and Economics
Study Board of Market and Management Anthropology, Economics, Mathematics-Economics, Environmental and Resource Management
Teaching language: English
EKA: B560007122, B560007102
Censorship: Second examiner: None
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Master
Course ID: B560007101
ECTS value: 10
Date of Approval: 25-02-2020
Duration: 1 semester
Course ID
Course Title
Teaching language
ECTS value
Responsible study board
Study Board of Market and Management Anthropology, Economics, Mathematics-Economics, Environmental and Resource Management
Date of Approval
Course Responsible
| Name | Department | |
|---|---|---|
| Mircea Trandafir | mircea.trandafir@sam.sdu.dk | Institut for Virksomhedsledelse og Økonomi |
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Duration
Recommended prerequisites
Requirements for this course are knowledge of econometrics at the level of Econometrics II (9297701 / B540014101) and mathematics. A basic knowledge of statistical/econometrics software such as Stata or R is necessary (a basic course in R is available at https://www.coursera.org/learn/r-programming).
Aim and purpose
Demography is generally defined as the study of population size, growth, and age structure that lead to population change. Demographic and economic developments in modern societies are interconnected in many ways: through changes in the size and (age) composition of the labour force, through increasing demands for national resources (e.g., housing, education, health services), through effects on public budgets and on savings and spending, through changes in the distribution of wealth, etc. The main purpose of the course is to expose students to the main topics that generate these links between demography and economics. The course is divided into two halves, where the lectures in the first half cover demographic approaches and the lectures in the second half economic approaches to similar topics. Through exposure to both theories and empirical applications, the course aims to provide students with the skills and competencies required to conduct rigorous population studies.
Content
The topics covered in the course include, time permitting:
- Basic measures and demographic tools
- National and international databases used in population studies
- Fertility
- Family formation and dissolution
- Mortality and construction of life tables
- Migration and immigration
- Population aging and dynamics
- Major demographic trends and their social and economic implications
During the course the students will also acquire data manipulation skills essential for the study of economic and demographic data.
Description of outcome - Knowledge
The students should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge about the interconnected relations between economic and demographic theories and measures.
Description of outcome - Skills
The students should be able to:
- Demonstrate skills, such that the student is able to estimate economic and demographic indicators using the theoretical concepts underlying demographic methodologies.
Description of outcome - Competences
The students should be able to:
- Demonstrate competences, such that the student is able to interpret the results of demographic and economic analyses in the specific context.
Literature
Examples:
- The main course textbook for the demographic half of the course will be -Samuel H. Preston, Patrick Heuveline and Michel Guillot, Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes. Oxford: Blackwell. 2006. 291 pp
- The economic half will be based mainly on articles that will be indicated by the lecturer(s).
Teaching Method
Workload
Scheduled classes:
3 hours of lectures weekly for 15 weeks.
Workload:
The students' workload is expected to be distributed as follows:
- Lectures - 45 hours
- Preparation, lectures - 150 hours
- Examination preparation – 69 hours
- Midterm examination - 3 hours
- Final examination - 3 hours
- Total 270 hours.
Examination regulations
Exam
Name
Exam
Timing
The course is being phased-out and was taught for the last time in autumn semester 2019. As enrollment is binding please be advised that the University will automatically enroll you for all of the three exam offers. Students who have previously had exam attempts in this course will automatically be enrolled in their remaining exam attempts. The following exams are offered:
2nd offer: January 2020
3rd offer: February 2020
Midterm exam (part 1):
Exam: During the semester.
Reexam: February
Final exam (part 2):
Exam: January
Reexam: February
Rules
-3 is not allowed
Tests
Midterm exam (part 1)
Name
Midterm exam (part 1)
Form of examination
Take-home assignment
Censorship
Second examiner: None
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card - Exam number
Language
English
Duration
48 hours
Length
No limitations.
Examination aids
All exam aids allowed.
Assignment handover
Via Digital exam
Assignment handin
Hand-in Digital exam
ECTS value
5
Additional information
Date for submission will appear from the examination plan.
Re-examination
Form of examination
Oral examination with preparation
Identification
Student Identification Card - Date of birth
Preparation
20 minutes
Duration
20 minutes
Examination aids
All aids allowed.
Additional information
-
EKA
B560007122
Final exam (part 2)
Name
Final exam (part 2)
Form of examination
Take-home assignment
Censorship
Second examiner: None
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card - Exam number
Language
English
Duration
48 hours
Length
No limitations
Examination aids
All exam aids allowed.
Assignment handover
Via Digital exam
Assignment handin
Hand-in Digital exam
ECTS value
5
Additional information
Re-examination
Form of examination
Oral examination with preparation
Identification
Student Identification Card - Date of birth
Preparation
20 minutes
Duration
20 minutes
Examination aids
All aids allowed
Additional information
-
EKA
B560007102
External comment
NOTE - This course is identical with the former course 9268921 Demography and Economics.
Used examination attempts in the former identical course will be transferred.
Courses that are identical with former courses that are passed according to applied rules cannot be retaken.