Distributive Justice
Course content
The course is an introduction to economic approaches to justice and fairness from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
The course starts with an introduction to welfare economics, the part of economics that addresses ethical issues. This introduction will be framed as a discussion of the possibility for a society to aggregate different views on what is good.
The course also contains an introduction to empirical measurement of social welfare and inequality. This introduction will be framed around how to rank income distributions and Lorenz curves.
Finally, the course contains an introduction to intergenerational justice. This introduction will be framed around conflicts between the interests of the present and the interests of future generations. The course will also cover applications to the climate and population problems.
MSc programme in Economics – elective course
The course is open to:
- Exchange and Guest students from abroad
- Credit students from Danish Universities
- Open University students
After completing the course the student is expected to be able to:
Knowledge:
- Account for the challenge of measuring social welfare.
- Reflect on the main approaches to distributional justice.
- Compare different inequality indices and account for their strengths and weaknesses.
Skills:
- Choose and assess the most appropriate approach to measuring social welfare for each economic problem.
- Perform a sensible welfare analysis for understanding the effects of economic policies.
- Undertake an analysis of inequality.
Competences:
- Read and evaluate project reports and journal articles that make use of the concepts and methods that are introduced in the course.
- Make use of the course content in your own academic work, for example in analyses that are part of the master’s thesis.
The teaching will consist of a combination of lectures presenting the relevant theories and empirics and exercise classes involving applications and extensions of the theories and empirics presented in the lectures.
The syllabus consists of a selection of scientific papers by leading authors in the field. A detailed list of the syllabus will be posted in Absalon at the beginning of the course.
There is no recommended academic qualifications other than the
requirements to the Master program in Economics.
The course assumes that the students have knowledge of
- Mathematics corresponding to the courses “Matematik A” and
“Matematik B”: Integration (i.e. by parts), derivation and (basic)
properties of functions.
- Statistics corresponding to the course “Sandsynlighedsteori”:
Probability distributions and properties.
- Econometrics corresponding to the course “Econometrics I”: Basic
knowledge of statistical inference.
The students receive oral collective feedback during the lectures and exercises.
For enrolled students: Rules etc at Master(UK) and Master(DK)
When registered you will be signed up for exam.
- Full-degree students – sign up at Selfservice on KUnet
- Exchange and guest students from abroad – sign up through Mobility Online and Selfservice- read more through this website.
- Credit students from Danish universities - sign up through this website.
- Open University students - sign up through this website.
The dates for the exams are found here Exams – Faculty of Social Sciences - University of Copenhagen (ku.dk)
Please note that it is your own responsibility to check for overlapping exam dates
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
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On-site written exam, 3 hours
- Examination prerequisites
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To qualify for the exam the student must no later than the given deadlines during the course:
- Submit and have approved a mandatory term paper.
- Aid
- No aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
An oral re-examination may be with external assessment.
- Exam period
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Exam information:
The examination date can be found in the exam schedule here
More information is available in Digital Exam from the middle of the semester.
More information about examination, rules, aids etc. at Master (UK) and Master (DK).
- Re-exam
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Oral reexam 20 minutes without preparation time.
No aids allowed during the examination.
- To qualify for the re-exam, the student must submit and have approved a mandatory term paper by the specified deadlines during the course.
Reexam information:
The reexamination date/period can be found in the reexam schedule here
More information in Digital Exam in August. More information at Master UK) and Master DK)
Criteria for exam assessment
Students are assessed on the extent to which they master the learning outcome for the course.
In order to obtain the top grade “12”, the student must with no or only a few minor weaknesses be able to demonstrate an excellent performance displaying a high level of command of all aspects of the relevant material and can make use of the knowledge, skills and competencies listed in the learning outcomes.
In order to obtain the passing grade “02”, the student must in a satisfactory way be able to demonstrate a minimal acceptable level of the knowledge, skills and competencies listed in the learning outcomes.
Single subject courses (day)
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 42
- Preparation
- 161
- Exam
- 3
- English
- 206
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- AØKK08409U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
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1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Price
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Information about admission and tuition fee: Master and Exchange Programme, credit students and guest students (Open University)
- Studyboard
- Department of Economics, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Economics
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinator
- Frikk Nesje (11-6f7b72747437776e7c736e496e6c787737747e376d74)
Teacher
See 'Course Coordinators'.
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