Course Title:
Inequality and Poverty
Course Description:
Covers an array of topics on the economics of inequality and its application to the distribution of wages, earnings, incomes, and wealth and the economics of poverty. Topics include an analysis of the distribution of economic rewards in societies and alternative mechanisms for distributing incomes and goods/services; alternative concepts and measures of economic inequality; theories of distributive justice; empirical studies of wage, earnings, income, and wealth inequality; the measurement and analysis of poverty problems; and public policies to combat inequality and poverty. Presents empirical studies of inequality and poverty problems in the United States, other industrialized countries, and developing nations.
Fall Offering:
Lab/Coreq 1:
Spring Offering:
Lab/Coreq 2:
Summer Offering:
Lab/Coreq Remarks:
Summer 1 Offering:
Prerequisite 1:
ECN G110
Summer 2 Offering:
Prerequisite 2:
ECN G140
Cross-Listed Course 1:
Prerequisite 3:
Cross-Listed Course 2:
Prerequisite 4:
Cross-Listed Course 3:
Prerequisite 5:
Cross-Listed Course 4:
Prerequisite Remarks:
Or permission of instructor.
Cross-Listed Course 5:
Repeatable:
N
