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Contemporary Economic Issues - I - Economic growth and public policies

Code UE : USEEK3

  • Cours
  • 3 crédits

Responsable(s)

Christine ERHEL

Public, conditions d’accès et prérequis

"Contemporary Economic Issues" forms part of the Telecom & Networks International Master (EPN03, Dept. Electronics, Electrotechnics, Automatic Devices and Measures, EEAM). Students from different countries and contexts are welcomed in Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers (Paris) after a Master selection. No specific other conditions are expected to attend to this course.

Objectifs pédagogiques

  • Understand the process of economic growth and the sources of growth 
  • Master the tools used to measure economic growth and their limitations 
  • Understand economic development indicators such as the HDI.
  • Understand the globalization of trade and global value chains.
  • Understand how employment and labour policies can affect unemployment, the characteristics of employment (including its quality) and companies' capacity for innovation. 
  • Understand why the fight against gender inequality is a public policy objective and analyses the corresponding tools. 
  • Learn about the main drivers of development policies

Mots-clés

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Issues we consider this semester will include:
  • Economic growth and development 
  • Global value chains 
  • Development policies and the fight against poverty 
  • Employment and labour policies 
  • Gender and gender equality policies

Modalité d'évaluation

  • Students are invited to give a short presentation on a theme, concept or economist chosen by the teacher. 
  • A written examination will take place at the end of the semester. 
  • Course attendance will be assessed.

Bibliographie

  • Mankiw, N. G. : Macroeconomics

Cette UE apparaît dans les diplômes et certificats suivants

Contact

EPN03 - Easy
292 rue Saint-Martin 11-B-2
75141 Paris Cedex 03
Tel :01 40 27 24 81
Virginie Dos Santos Rance

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