ECTS - University of Pisa
Scheda programma d'esame
DEMOGRAPHY
PIETRO ANGELO MANFREDO FRANCESCO MANFREDI
Academic year2016/17
CourseECONOMICS AND COMMERCE
Code043PP
Credits6
PeriodSemester 2
LanguageItalian

ModulesAreaTypeHoursTeacher(s)
DEMOGRAFIASECS-S/04LEZIONI42
PIETRO ANGELO MANFREDO FRANCESCO MANFREDI unimap
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student who successfully completes the course will have familiarity with the elementary techniques and concepts of demographic analisis, with the major trends of population in history, particularly the demographic transition, and an overview of the current worldwide demographic landscape.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
During the exam (written with theoretical and practical questions) the student must demonstrate his/her acquired knowledge of the course materials and language.

Methods:

  • Final written exam
Teaching methods

Delivery: face to face

Learning activities:

  • attending lectures
  • group work

Attendance: Advised

Teaching methods:

  • Lectures
  • Seminar
  • laboratory
Syllabus
Human population growth in history (Italy, Europe, world) and its measurement. Rates. Exponential growth and equations. Demographic analysis. Measuring population movement. Crude rates of demographic processes. Modelling population growth. Malthusian equation. Demographic structures. Structural factors: age, sex, civil state, space (rural-urban) Measures of intensity of demographic processes. Exposure. Age-specific rates of demographic phenomena. Interferences between demographic phenomena and between phenomena and structures. Standardisation of crude rates. Age-period-cohort: introduction to Lexis. Life tables analysis. Stationary populations.Fertility analysis. Measures of intensity and tempo. TFR. Reproductivity measures. Stable population model. Population history. Ancien regime & demographic transition. Population dynamics of infectious diseases. Diseases in the history of humans. Human vs sustainable development. Detailed info at: e-learning: https://elearning.ec.unipi.it/clar
Bibliography
GA Micheli (2011) "Demografie" Mc Graw Hill. Lectures slides & handout Detailed info at: e-learning: https://elearning.ec.unipi.it/claroline/course/index.php?cid=043PP
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27