wir361 - Environment and inequality: socioeconomic linkages and policy instruments (Complete module description)
Module label | Environment and inequality: socioeconomic linkages and policy instruments |
Module code | wir361 |
Credit points | 6.0 KP |
Workload | 180 h |
Institute directory | Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law |
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Responsible persons |
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Prerequisites | Keine/none |
Skills to be acquired in this module | After the course, students should be able to:
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Module contents | Inequality and environmental matters are multidimensional, intertwined, and complex. They might unfold self-enforcing effects on human welfare, affecting economic growth, development, environment, social and political stability, health, education, and other fields. The current trends of inequality within and between countries are worrisome. At the same time, global warming and climate change severely and unequally affect human well-being and economies. Reducing poverty and inequality and fighting climate change – as central elements of the sustainable development goals (2030 Agenda) – should, thus, rank high on policy agendas. However, while some policy measures designed to reduce poverty and inequality could negatively affect the environment, environmental policies often cause undesirable distributional effects. Indeed, the distributive effects (‘incidence’) are becoming increasingly relevant for the political feasibility of environmental policies addressing, for example, climate change or biodiversity loss. Against this background, a more holistic approach integrating climate actions with measures to reduce poverty and inequality is necessary. In this course, we study these issues by applying and extending state-of-the-art environmental economics methods to analyze, understand and manage the distributional implications of environmental policies. Structure of the course:
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Recommended reading | Chancel, L., & DeBevoise, M. B. (2020). Unsustainable inequalities: Social justice and the environment. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Piketty, T. (2015). The Economics of Inequality (Translation Edition). Harvard University Press. or Piketty, T. (2020). Ökonomie der Ungleichheit: Eine Einführung (S. Lorenzer, Übers.; 3. Aufl.). C.H.Beck. The CORE team, The Economy. Available at: https://www.core-econ.org. [Accessed on 07.04.2022] |
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Language of instruction | English |
Duration (semesters) | 1 Semester |
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Module capacity | unlimited |
Type of module | Pflicht / Mandatory |
Module level | AS (Akzentsetzung / Accentuation) |
Teaching/Learning method | Lectures including interactive sections with discussion rounds and educational games. |
Previous knowledge | - |
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Seminar | -- | 0 | ||
Total module attendance time | 0 h |
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Final exam of module | Referat |