AØKA08197U Demography
MSc in Economics
This course will cover the following topics:
- Fertility: Measures of Fertility,
- Parity Determinants of Fertility and Birth intervals
- Marriage: Analyses of Marriage, Cohabitation and Divorce
- Mortality: Measures of mortality, Life Table
- Migration: Measures and determinants of migration
- Lexis diagram
- Survival analysis
This course is an introductory course in demography. The aim of
the course is to provide an understanding of the basic methods and
concepts in demography. The course focuses on the micro foundation
of demography. Part of the course will be devoted to survival
analysis since it is a very useful method in demography (and in
other fields of economics).
The over all goal is that students after having completed the
course should be able to:
- Understand the basic methods of demography
- Interpret and explain the concept of demography
- Read and understand empirical analyses of demographic transitions
- Understand the statistical methods underlying the demography measures
- Make simple calculations/estimations of basic demographic measures of fertility, mortality, migration and marriage
“Demographic methods” by Andrew Hinde, Arnold. Chapter 1-11, 15.
Journal articles and chapters from “Handbook of Population and
Family Economics”
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 83
- Lectures
- 40
- Preparation
- 83
- Total
- 206
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentThe exam is an individual project. The students has to choose a topic within demography and find suitable data for their project. The outline of the project has to be approved by the lecturer. The project will be made in December and the essay has to be handed in before Christmas (exact details will be given at the start of the course). The students can receive up to 1 ½ hours of supervision for their projects.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
20 % censurship
- Exam period
- Will be updated before the start of the semester
- Re-exam
- Same as ordinary. But if only a few students have registered for the re-exam, the exam might change to an oral exams with a synopsis to be handed in. This means that the examination date also will change.
Criteria for exam assesment
The Student must in a satisfactory way demonstrate that he/she has mastered the learning outcome of the course.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- AØKA08197U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterBachelor
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- Autumn (week 36-50)
- Continuing and further education
- Price
320 DKK per ECTS
- Study board
- Department of Economics, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Economics
Course responsibles
- Mette Ejrnæs (12-746c7b7b6c356c7179756c7a476c6a767535727c356b72)