UCL University - Measuring Economic Inequality in Today's World
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Measuring Economic Inequality in Today's World
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Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Measuring Economic Inequality in Today's World
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- Overall living standards around the world have jumped in the past 250 years, but this has been accompanied by unprecedented economic inequalities in modern society
- A few countries have achieved affluence, in many, most people still live in grinding poverty, and the rest fall somewhere in between
- The first step to combating economic and income inequality is collecting, examining, and interpreting data related to these issues
- Only then can governments address them with changes to public policy
- This four-week course from University College London (UCL) gives you the foundations you need to begin to engage in tackling these global concerns
Measuring Economic Inequality in Today's World at FutureLearn Curriculum
Measuring Economic Inequality in Today's World
at FutureLearn
Income inequality over the past millennium
Introduction to the course
Introduction to income inequality
How do we measure income and living standards?
Week 1 summary
Measuring income inequality
Measuring inequality in income and living standards
Trends in income and wealth inequality (1700s - 2010)
Week 2 summary
Inequalities in health and education
Inequalities in healthcare and life expectancy
Inequalities in education
Week 3 summary
How government policy can address inequality
Redistributive policies
Addressing inequality: case studies
Inequality and economic growth
Week 4 summary
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