Inequality and Distribution Policy in the EU

Brief description

  • Disparity of income and wealth within and between member states (measurement concepts, indicators)
  • Distribution policy instruments and social models of the EU member states
  • Social policy competences and strategies of the European Union
  • Inequality, distribution and redistribution in macroeconomic structural models

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Althammer, Jörg W./Lampert, Heinz (2021): Lehrbuch der Sozialpolitik, 10. Aufl., Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer.
Dullien, Sebastian et al. (2018): Macroeconomics in Context: a European Perspective, Abingdon/New York: Routledge.
Kubon-Gilke, Gisela (2018): Außer Konkurrenz – Sozialpolitik im Spannungsfeld von Markt, Zentralsteuerung und Traditionssystemen, 3. Aufl., Marburg: Metropolis.
Piketty, Thomas (2014): Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert, München: C. H. Beck.
Stiglitz, Joseph (2012): The Price of Inequality, New York: W. W. Norton.
The CORE team, The Economy, www.core-econ.org/.
Current literature will be announced by the lecturer at the beginning of the semester.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Group discussions, presentations, practical exercises in the IT lab

Assessment methods and criteria

Home assignment (80%) and presentation (20%)

Prerequisites and co-requisites

None

Infos

Degree programme

Europäische Wirtschaftspolitik

Cycle

International Programme

ECTS Credits

5.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Full-Time

Academic year

2025

Semester

3 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the module, students can:

  • recognise differences between the social models of the member states of the European Union and explain their historical development,
  • classify the social policies of the EU member states in typologies of social models,
  • compare current competences and development perspectives of common EU social policy, taking into account economic, political and legal framework conditions,
  • analyse the significance of distribution policy in macroeconomic models,
  • assess the effects of inequality on macroeconomic development and evaluate the possibilities of distribution policy instruments for national and supranational macroeconomic stabilisation,
  • draw economic policy conclusions from the findings for the social and fiscal policy framework conditions at the level of the member states and the EU and formulate recommendations in this regard

Course code

0899-23-01-VZ-DE-20