Welfare Economics

Deadline for assignment:

25th August

Leave it either with Mrs.Wutz (Secretary of Prof.Baten) or in my postbox in my absence

Important information about presentation

Dates: Friday and Saturday (July 21 and 22)

If you want to present on Saturday please send me an email

Room: 332

Time: 10:00 to 18:00

Lunch break 12:00 to 1:00

Both beamer and projector are available. Just carry your memory sticks or cd. You can also email the presentation by 9:00 if you want.

n         May 2    General discussion on welfare

n        May 9    Types of welfare states and their origin

n        May 16  Child welfare

n        May 23  Inequality and welfare

n        May 30  Gender and Welfare

q                               All the above lectures are conducted in the room 332 (12:00-14:00)

 

nJune 13 (pclabor)
qIn this lecture we will work on SPSS for data analyses and use of datasets
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nJuly 4th (room 332)

nOffice hours (Wednesday 2 to 4) Room 422

nPresentation dates

qFriday and Saturday (July 21 and 22) Room 332

nAssignment

qDeadline for the submission is 29th July

Topics for the assignment

 

nDoes a GDP growth rate reduces poverty?

nHow to measure Welfare?

nWelfare in Germany from 1900 onwards

nGreat divergence (Asia, Ottoman Empire and Europe)

nChild welfare (using data on child malnutrition or school enrollment)

nEmployment of the women

nFertility and welfare: Is there a relation?

nAge structure and its impact on welfare (if any)

nMissing women concept (declining sex ratio in some Asian countries)

nHealth and welfare relation

nGender differences in education, and health (special emphasis on Germany)

nLatin American inequality and its relation to welfare

nMigrants and their welfare

nDemocracy and welfare

Topics selected

(Updated on July 18)

Rona Schurig Comparision of the employment of women in Eastern and Western Europe

Martin Stahl Fertility and Welfare

Simone Brandl Does unemployment affect social spending in OECD countries

Rebecca Ziegler Child mortality in Burkina Faso

Sandra Pelet Welfare of Women in Africa

Frederike Poggel Health and Welfare (Child nutrition and relation to Macroeconomy?)

Caroline Richert Welfare, Income and Obesity: Global Pandemic

Annegret Zwerschina Welfare developement in Germany since 1900

Simon Schmid Age structure and Welfare

Julie Ng Age structure and Welfare

Bernhard Jungk  Chinese welfare

Sabine Schöll Inequality and Welfare in modern China

Malte Firlus Welfare and Democracy in India and China

Simone Schultz Missing women concept - in the present China

Marie-Theres Stengel Democracy and welfare

Eva Gottwald Gender and Welfare in South Africa

Daniel Haid Democracy and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa