REGIONS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY - MOD. 1
cod. 1006103

Academic year 2015/16
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Guglielmo WOLLEB
Academic discipline
Economia politica (SECS-P/01)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
28 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in

Integrated course unit module: Regions and the world economy

Learning objectives

The main aim of the course is the understanding of the Italian economy, of its problems and of the policies to deal with them. Specific focus will be devoted to the economic and social disparities at regional level.

Prerequisites

Basic macroeconomics and microeconomics

Course unit content

The Course deals with the main issues of the Italian economy adopting a spatial approach. Demography, labour market, macroeconomic trends, income distribution, international trade will all be issues of analysis and discussion. A specific attention will be paid to regional inequalities in each of these fields.

Full programme

The course will examine the structural problems of the Italian economy. The low birth rates in the demographic filed; the low rates of GDP and productivity growth at macroeconomic level; the low rates of employment and the high rates of unemployment in the labour market; the problem of relative and absolute poverty, specially after the recent economic crisis; the placement of the country in the network of international trade. A special attention will be devoted to the spatial dimensions of all these issues.

Bibliography

For attending students, the didactic material will be delivered during the course.

For non attending students the text books for both modules (1 + 2) are:-
-E. Moretti (2013), The new geography of jobs, Milano, Mondadori
-P.Bianchi (2014) Globalizzazione, crisi e riorganizzazione industriale, Milano, Mc Graw-Hill Education (chapters from six to ten)

Teaching methods

Lectures and team works for attending students. For each issue there will be one or more lectures where the teacher will make available material didactic. Students will prepare a report on the same issues using the material didactic and will present it in class.

Assessment methods and criteria

Attending students will prepare and present a report on the Italian economy using the intermediate reports presented during the course.

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

Esegreteria.economia@unipr.it
 

Quality assurance office 

Education manager
rag. Giuseppina Troiano
T. +39 0521 032296
Office E. didattica.sea@unipr.it
Manager E. giuseppina.troiano@unipr.it

President of the degree course 

prof. Alberto Grandi
E. alberto.grandi@unipr.it

Faculty advisor

prof.ssa Silvia Bellini
E. silvia.bellini@unipr.it

Career guidance delegate

prof.ssa Chiara Panari
E. chiara.panari@unipr.it

Tutor Professors

prof.ssa Maria Grazia Cardinali
E. mariagrazia.cardinali@unipr.it

prof. Gino Gandolfi
E. gino.gandolfi@unipr.it

prof. Alberto Grandi
E. alberto.grandi@unipr.it

prof. Fabio Landini
E. fabio.landini@unipr.it

prof.ssa Tatiana Mazza
E. tatiana.mazza@unipr.it

prof. Marco Riani
E. marco.riani@unipr.it

Erasmus delegates

prof.ssa Donata Tania Vergura
E. donatatania.vergura@unipr.it
prof.ssa Cristina Zerbini
E. cristina.zerbini@unipr.it
prof. Vincenzo Dall'Aglio
E. vincenzo.dallaglio@unipr.it

Quality assurance manager

prof.ssa Doriana Cucinelli
E. doriana.cucinelli@unipr.it

Internships

E. tirocini@unipr.it