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課程名稱 |
人口經濟學
Demographic Economics |
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開課學期 |
110-2 |
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授課對象 |
社會科學院 經濟學系 |
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授課教師 |
廖珮如 |
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課號 |
ECON3048 |
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課程識別碼 |
303 29810 |
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班次 |
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學分 |
3.0 |
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全/半年 |
半年 |
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必/選修 |
選修 |
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上課時間 |
星期五2,3,4(9:10~12:10) |
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上課地點 |
社科402 |
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備註 |
大學部課程。先修科目: 總體經濟學上下。
總人數上限：60人 |
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課程概述 |
“An Essay on the Principle of Population” written by Thomas Malthus in 1798 had a pessimistic point of view on large populations in the future world. However, world population had doubled in the past 50 years and reached 7.5 billion in 2017. Was Malthus wrong?
To answer the above question, this course will first examine the pattern of demographic transition around the world. Specifically, the demographic statistics of global trends and country features will be investigated. Second, a basic concept of demographic transition will be introduced. We will also discuss the three factors that play important roles in forming a country’s demographic transition: mortality, fertility, and migration. Finally, a demographic transition will be divided into two stages. In the early stage, we will begin with the contribution of demographic dividends to economic growth. The later stage is named as population aging. Problems caused by population aging and possible policies will be discussed.
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課程目標 |
By the end of the semester, students are capable of (1) obtaining the general picture of global demographic transition; (2) having basic concepts of demographic economics; (3) understanding the linkage of demography and economics; and (4) be aware of the problems caused by population aging and possible solutions. |
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課程要求 |
*Grading:
Grades for this course will be determined by the following scheme: Two essays 30% (15% for each), oral presentations (twice) 20% (10% for each), and a term paper 50%. The details on the grading will be discussed in class.
*Essay:
Individual work. One page only (A4 size). To write an essay, the first step is to find news or reports related to demographic issues from newspapers/ the economists/ magazines. Second, summarize the news/report in the first paragraph of your essay. Third, provide your comments or discuss the news/report (agree/disagree, why or why not). A good essay is the one including your own comments based on the theoretical and empirical studies that we introduce in class. Do not forget to provide the source of the news/reports that you discuss in your essay. Late submission will not be graded.
*Term Paper:
1. The term paper is a team work. Form a team with other students (at most 4 students in a team). You have to provide the team list on week 4 (in class). At the end of the semester, each team only has to submit an electronic copy (a pdf file) of the team’s term paper (sent by email). The deadline of submitting the term paper is at 11:59 PM (midnight) of June 10, 2022. Late submission will not be graded.
2. For the term paper, each team chooses an interesting population topic, such as a population policy or a population problem, to be the research question. Then, students have to collect data and use formal empirical methodologies to analyze the research question. Policy suggestions or policy implications based on the empirical result of the term paper are also welcome.
3. The term paper should be written in the standard academic format. That is, the following parts should be included: the motivation, literature review, data description, methodology, results, and references. Plagiarism is prohibited. If plagiarism is caught, the score of the term paper is zero.
4. The main spirit of “team work” is that students within a team have to work together and help each other. Thus, the rules for the term paper apply to the team level. For example, the punishment of late submission and plagiarism apply to all the students within a team.
*Oral presentations:
1. Two presentations account for 20% of the semester score. 10% for each presentation. In each presentation, 5% is graded by the lecturer and 5% is peer review.
2. The purpose of the presentation is to discuss the progress of term paper. Thus, each team will present twice during the semester. The first presentation (week 11) focuses on what the research question is and the summary statistics of data. The second one (week 14 and 15) presents the whole term paper, including empirical results. Each presentation is about 10-15 minutes (per team).
3. Students can evaluate the performance of other teams during the presentation. This is peer review. An evaluation document will be distributed and student can give credit to each team according to the performance. The details will be discussed in class.
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預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
另約時間 備註： by appointment |
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指定閱讀 |
1. Anderson, Barbara A., 2014, World Population Dynamics: An Introduction to Demography, publisher: Pearson.
2. Poston, Dudley L. JR. and Leon F. Bouvier, 2016, Population and Society: An Introduction to Demography, the 2nd edition, publisher: Cambridge.
3. Weeks, John R., 2020, Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, the 13th edition, publisher: Cengage.
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參考書目 |
See the syllabus for the details. |
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評量方式
(僅供參考) |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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第1週 |
2/18 |
Introduction |
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第2週 |
2/25 |
1. Demographic transition around the world
2. Theories of demography |
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第3週 |
3/4 |
Fertility |
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第4週 |
3/11 |
1. Fertility
2. Provide the team list |
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第5週 |
3/18 |
1. Fertility
2. Submission for Essay 1 |
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第6週 |
3/25 |
1. Fertility
2. Mortality |
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第7週 |
4/1 |
Mortality |
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第8週 |
4/8 |
Mortality |
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第9週 |
4/15 |
Mortality |
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第10週 |
4/22 |
1. Internal migration
2. International migration
3. Submission for Essay 2 |
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第11週 |
4/29 |
Student's presentation 1 |
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第12週 |
5/6 |
1. Problems and impacts caused by population aging
2. Policies on population aging: female labor force |
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第13週 |
5/13 |
1. Policies on population aging: later retirement
2. Policies on population aging: pension |
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第14週 |
5/20 |
Student's presentation 2 |
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第15週 |
5/27 |
Student's presentation 2 |
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第16週 |
6/3 |
Holiday |
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第17週 |
6/10 |
Submission for the term paper (no class) |
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