Schedule

In this table you find the dates and contents of all classes.

Date Time Content Slides Assignment Room
Oct 14, 2022 10:00-12:00 Overview and administration TC.3.10
Oct 21, 2022 10:00-12:00 Data sources and definitions TC.3.10
Nov 04, 2022 10:00-12:00 Evolution of inequality TC.3.10
Nov 11, 2022 10:00-12:00 Recent research on wealth inequality TC.3.10
Nov 18, 2022 10:00-12:00 Intergenerational mobility TC.3.10
Dec 02, 2022 10:30-12:30 Welfare state redistribution D5.1.002
Dec 09, 2022 10:00-12:00 Post-Keynesian models of inequality and growth TC.3.10
Dec 16, 2022 10:00-12:00 Fiscal policy, growth, and inequality TC.4.04
Dec 23, 2022 10:00-12:00 Inequality, power and policy conclusions TC.3.10
Jan 13, 2023 10:00-12:00 Poster-Session I TC.3.10
Jan 20, 2023 10:00-12:00 Poster-Session II D5.1.002

Assignments

While assignments [1] and [3] are mandatory, students may choose between [2] and [4]. Please write a concise and consistent summary of the provided paper with a limit of 400 words and upload it on the learning platform. The submission deadline is 9 a.m. on the day of the respective teaching unit. You can structure your text around the following questions:

  • What is the research question?
  • Why is this question interesting?
  • How does the author approach and answer this question?
  • What are the main findings?
  • Is the paper credible? Why? Why not?
Homework 1

This assignment is mandatory. Please submit your summary before November 04, 2022 at 9 a.m. The journal article for this assignment is Piketty/Zucman (2014)  

Homework 2

This assignment is optional. If you choose not to read this paper, assignment [4] is mandatory. Please submit your summary before November 18, 2022 at 9 a.m. The journal article for this assignment is Milanovic (2015)  

Homework 3

This assignment is mandatory. Please submit your summary before December 09, 2022 at 9 a.m. The journal article for this assignment is Stockhammer/Onaran (2013)  

Homework 4

This assignment is optional. If you choose not to read this paper, assignment [2] is mandatory. Please submit your summary before December 23, 2022 at 9 a.m. The journal article for this assignment is Atkinson (2014)  

References

Atkinson, A. B. (2014). After piketty? The British Journal of Sociology, 65(4), 619–638. DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12105
Milanovic, Branko (2015). Global inequality of opportunity: How much of our income is determined by where we live? Review of Economics and Statistics, 97(2), 452–460. DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00432
Piketty, Thomas/Zucman, Gabriel (2014). Capital is back: Wealth-income ratios in rich countries 1700–2010. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129(3), 1255–1310. DOI: 10.1093/qje/qju018
Stockhammer, Engelbert/Onaran, Ozlem (2013). Wage-led growth: Theory, evidence, policy. Review of Keynesian Economics, 1(1), 61–78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/roke.2017.01.03