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課程名稱 |
人口經濟學
Demographic Economics |
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開課學期 |
109-2 |
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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。
總人數上限：60人 |
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Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1092ECON3048_ |
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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: Midterm 30%, oral presentations (twice) 20%, and a term paper 50%. The details on the grading will be discussed in class.
*Midterm:
The midterm is a closed book exam. The materials discussed in class will be covered. The time and date of the midterm is 9:10-12:10, May 14, 2021 (in class).
*Term Paper:
1. The term paper is a team work. Form a team with other three students (so that 4 students in a team). You have to provide the team list on week 3 (in class). At the end of the semester, each team only has to submit an electronic copy of the team’s term paper (sent by email). The deadline of submitting the term paper is at 11:59 PM (midnight) of June 25, 2021. 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 in a specific country, 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 a standard format. That is, the following parts should be included: the motivation, literature review, data description, methodology, and results. 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:
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 8) focuses on what the research question is and the summary statistics of data. The second presentation (week 16 and 17) provides the whole term paper, including empirical results. Each presentation is about 10 minutes (per team). |
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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 |
2/26 |
Introduction |
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第2週 |
3/05 |
1. Demographic transition around the world
2. Theories of demography |
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第3週 |
3/12 |
1. Fertility
2. Provide the team list |
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第4週 |
3/19 |
Fertility |
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第5週 |
3/26 |
Fertility |
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第6週 |
4/02 |
Holiday |
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第7週 |
4/09 |
1. Fertility
2. Mortality |
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第8週 |
4/16 |
1. Oral presentations for the proposal of the term papers
2. Mortality |
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第9週 |
4/23 |
Mortality |
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第10週 |
4/30 |
Mortality |
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第11週 |
5/07 |
Internal migration |
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第12週 |
5/14 |
Midterm (written exam, in class) |
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第13週 |
5/21 |
1. International migration
2. Problems and impacts caused by population aging |
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第14週 |
5/28 |
Policies on population aging:
1. Guest worker;
2. Later retirement |
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第15週 |
6/04 |
Policies on population aging: female labor force |
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第16週 |
6/11 |
1. Policies on population aging: pension
2. Oral presentations for the term papers |
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第17週 |
6/18 |
Oral presentations for the term papers |
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第18週 |
6/25 |
Submission for the term paper (no class) |
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