first part: S. Sassen, Una Sociologia della globalizzazione, Einaudi, Torino, 2008
second part: E. Reyneri, Sociologia del mercato del lavoro, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2005 |
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ASSESSMENT: Written examination and optional oral test for those students who intend to improve their grade. For the second part there will be some discussions based on the texts given by the lecturer that may substitute part of the book “E. Reyneri, Sociologia del mercato del lavoro” |
STATISTICA SOCIALE
STATISTIC FOR SOCIAL APPLICATION
6 ECTS
LECTURER
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Claudia Tarantola
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E-MAIL
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claudia.tarantola@unipv.it
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COURSE PROGRAM
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Elements of sampling theory. Simple Random Sampling with or without replacement, Stratified Random Sampling; Systematic Random Sampling; Cluster Random Sampling; Multi-Stage Sampling; estimator of the total; estimator of the proportion; sampling schemes for the analysis of contingency tables.
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Indices of association: indices of connection (X2, ф, P, Cramer’s index ) indices of dependencies (Goodman and Kruskal), index of relative risk and odds ratios.
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Co graduation: indices of Kendall and Spearman.
4 Analysis of contingency tables: Simpson Paradox and conditional independence
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EDUCATIONAL AIM
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To provide students with the models and main statistical tools useful to the understanding and solution of social problems
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READING LIST
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Notes written by the teacher
Other suggested:
Agresti, A. (2002). Categorical Data Analysis, Wiley.
Brasini, S., Tassinari, F. e Tassinari, G. (1996) Marketing e pubblicità. Metodi di analisi statistica, Il Mulino.
Cichitelli, G. Herzel, A. e Montanari G. E. (1997). Il campionamento statistico, Il Mulino (available at the faculty’s library)
Frosini, B. V., Mortinaro, M., Nicolini, G. (1999), Il campione da Popolazioni finite, Utet.
Zani, S. (1997) Analisi dei dati statistici, volume 1 e 2, Giuffrè Editore.
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ASSESSMENT
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4 ECTS course: Written exam. Optional oral exam for student with a score equal or higher than 25
6 ECTS course: Written and oral exam
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STATISTICAL MODELLING FOR EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
6 ECTS
LEVEL
Graduate
YEAR
FIRST
SEMESTER
Second
LECTURER
Guido Consonni
E-MAIL
Guido.consonni@unipv.it
EDUCATIONAL AIM
The course will cover both frequentist and Bayesian statistical modeling (with special emphasis on the second). The course will also make use of the R-system.
COURSE PROGRAM
Likelihood; information; maximum likelihood estimators; model selection.
Linear regression models; analysis of count data.
Bayesian statistics : prior posterior, predictive distributions. Inference and prediction for standard models: Bernoulli, Normal, Poisson; regression models and Bayesian econometrics; logistic regression. Hierarchical models. Model comparison. Computational methods: Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC).
READING LIST
Davison, A. Statistical Models. Cambridge University Press. 2003
Albert, J. Bayesian Computation with R. Springer, 2007.
Gelman, A., Carlin, J.B., Stern, H.S., Rubin, D.B. Bayesian Data Analysis, Second Edition. Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2004.
ASSESSMENT:
Written exam and project.
STORIA DELLA MONETA E DELLA BANCA
MONETARY AND BANKING HISTORY
6 ECTS
LEVEL
Graduate
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YEAR
FIRST
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SEMESTER
Second
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LECTURER
Renzo P.Corritore
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ASSISTANT
Mario Rizzo
Giovanni Vigo
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E-MAIL
renzo.corritore@unipv.it
COURSE PROGRAM
1. Money and its functions
2. Monetary systems and their historical evolution
3. From species to paper-money
4. Bank and credit in historical perspective
5. Money, bank and credit: the long view.
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EDUCATIONAL AIM
The course aims at offering the basic knowledge concerning the history of money and credit in the Western World, emphasizing their outstanding contribution to economic development in the long run
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READING LIST
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C. M. Cipolla, Le avventure della lira, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2001
E. De Simone, Moneta e banche attraverso i secoli, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2006
F. Spinelli, La moneta dall’oro all’euro, Milano, Etas, 1999
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Oral examination
STORIA DELL’ECONOMIA INTERNAZIONALE
HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
9 ECTS
LEVEL
Graduate
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YEAR
FIRST
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SEMESTER
FIRST
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LECTURER
Giovanni Vigo
ASSISTANTS
Renzo P. Corritore
Mario Rizzo
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E-MAIL gvigo@unipv.it
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COURSE PROGRAM
1. The world economy at the eve of First World War
2. The economic and financial consequences of First World War
3. The International Monetary System: from the gold standard to its disintegration
4. Economic trends in the 20s
5. The Wall Street crash and the Great Depression
6. The causes and the consequences of the Great Depression
7. The way out of the Great Depression
8. The Second World War and the birth of a new economic order
9. Bretton Woods
10. The Marshall Plan and the place of the United States in the world economy
11. The “golden age” of the world economy. Market and planned economies
12. Economic integration in Europe and in other continents
13. Shocks and crisis in the last decades of the 20th century
14. Economy and globalisation
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EDUCATIONAL AIM
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The course aims at offering a global understanding of the economic history of the 20th century and discusses some major issues such as the crisis of international monetary systems, the Great Depression, the economic policies in the 30s, Bretton Woods, the “golden age” of world economy , energetic crises and globalization.
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