AØKA08197U Demography
Recommended elective from 3.year BSc in Economics
Elective at MSc in Economics
This course will cover the following topics:
Fertility:
Measures of fertility.
Parity determinants of fertility.
Economic/social determinants of fertility
Mortality:
Measures of mortality.
How to construct life tables.
Economic/social determinants of mortality.
Demographic Transitions:
Macro and microeconomic causes and consequences.
Migration:
Measures of migration.
Economic/social determinants and consequences of migration.
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 1) the micro
foundation of demography and 2) the interaction between demographic
and economic changes in the process of economic development.
The overall goal is that students after having completed the course
should be able to:
- Understand the basic methods 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, and migration.
Selected chapters in “Demographic methods” by Andrew Hinde,
Arnold.
The literature will additionally be based on various journal
articles, focusing on the economic causes and consequences of
long-run demographic changes in society.
Related to the lectures, there will also be in-class presentations of journal articles by the students and various exercises, which should be prepared before class, are discussed.
Timetable and classroom:
For time and classroom please press the link under "Se skema"(See schedule) at the right side of this page (15E means Autumn 2015, 16F means Spring 2016).
You can find the similar information partly in English at
https://skema.ku.dk/ku1516/uk/module.htm
-Select Department: “2200-Økonomisk Institut” (and wait for respond)
-Select Module:: “2200-F16;Demography”
-Select Period: “Forår/Spring – Weeks 4-29”
-Press: “ View Timetable”
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 42
- Preparation
- 83
- Project work
- 83
- Total
- 208
for enrolled students. More information about registration, schedule, rules, courses etc. can be found at the student intranet (KUnet) for courses (MA-English) and student intranet (KUnet) for courses (KA-Danish) or student intranet (KUnet) for courses (BA- Danish).
Registration and information for prospective foreign speaking students please find more information at Study Economics.
For dansktalende enkelfagsstuderende se Åbent Universitet og Merit.
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignment, 4 weeksThe 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 dateline for this will be informed by the teacher.
- Exam registration requirements
The student are required to present one journal article in class before they can sit the exam. The presentation has to been approved before the students can participate in the exam.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
20% censorship
- Exam period
The project will be started in May and the essay has to be handed in before the
12th22 of June at 23.59 2016For enrolled students more information about examination, exam/re-sit, rules etc. is available at the student intranet for Examination (English),student intranet for Examination (KA-Danish) and student intranet for Examination (BA-Danish).
- Re-exam
The re-exam is a new project with a projectdescription, which has to be approved by the teacher.
The projektassignment has to be handed in before august 21, 2016 at 23.59.
If only a few students have registered for the re-exam, the exam might change to an oral exam including the date for the exam, which will be informed by the Examination Office.
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 And Spring
- Schedule
- Spring semester is week 6-35
Period of
-teaching: Week 6-19
-exam: Week 21-26
-re-sit: Week 31-36 - Continuing and further education
- Price
320 DKK per ECTS
- Study board
- Department of Economics, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Economics
Course responsibles
- Casper Worm Hansen (18-6a687a776c79357e767974356f68757a6c75476c6a767535727c356b72)