COURSE SYLLABUS

INCOME DISTRIBUTION, POVERTY AND FISCAL POLICY

1	Course Title:	INCOME DISTRIBUTION, POVERTY AND FISCAL POLICY
2	Course Code:	MLY6120
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi REYHAN LEBA
16	Course Lecturers:	Dr Öğr. Üyesi Reyhan LEBA
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Maliye Bölümü E Posta: reyhan@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0224 294 11 43
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To give information at the level of learning, understanding and analysis about the fiscal policies to be applied in the fight against income inequality and poverty.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	It contributes to the students to understand the economic and social importance of justice in income distribution, to evaluate and interpret fiscal policies to prevent income inequality and poverty

Learning Outcomes:

1	Having basic informations about income distribution and poverty;;
2	To be able to comprehend the causes of income inequality and poverty;;
3	To understand the economic and social importance of justice in income distribution;;
4	To be able to make theoretical analysis of income distribution;;
5	To be able to examine the reciprocal relationship between economic development and income distribution;;
6	To be able to comprehend the relationship between globalization and income distribution inequality and poverty;;
7	To be able to explain public interventions in the prevention of income inequality;;
8	To be able to analyze public expenditure and tax policies to prevent income inequality and poverty;;
9	To be able to evaluate the country's practices and draw conclusions in the fight against income inequality and poverty.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Basic Concepts Related to Income Distribution and Poverty
2	Reasons of Income Inequality and Poverty
3	Economic and Social Importance of Equality in Income Distribution
4	Theoretical Analysis of Income Distribution
5	Relationship Between Economic Development and Income Distribution
6	Relationship Between Globalization and Income Distribution – Poverty
7	Government Interventions in Reducing Income Inequality
8	Educational Spendings and Income Distribution
9	Health Spendings and Income Distribution
10	Social Welfare Spendings and A New Version of Social Benefits: Minimum Income Support
11	Tax Policy and Income Distribution
12	Social State and Income Tax
13	Property Tax and Income Distribution
14	Country Aoolications in Fighting Income Inequality and Poverty

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Korkut Boratav (1976), 100 Soruda Gelir Dağılımı, İstanbul: Gerçek Yayınevi. DPT (2001), Gelir Dağılımının İyileştirilmesi ve Yoksullukla Mücadele Özel İhtisas Komisyonu Raporu. DPT (2007), Gelir Dağılımı ve Yoksullukla Mücadele Özel İhtisas Komisyonu Raporu. Birleşmiş Milletler Kalkınma Programı (2003), Yeni Yoksulluk ve Türkiye’nin Değişen Refah Rejimi, (Haz. Ayşe Buğra ve Çağlar Keyder). IMF (2015), Inequality and Fiscal Policy. Nurhan Yentürk (2013), “Türkiye’de Yoksullara Yönelik Harcamalar”, ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, C.40, ss. 433-464. Ke-young Chu, Hamid Davoodi and Sanjev Gupta (2000), Income Dustrubition and Tax, and Government Social Spending Policies in Developing Countries, The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Working Papers No.214. Antonis Adam, Pantelis Kammas and Athanasios Lapatinas (2015), “Income Inequality and the Tax Structure: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries”, MPRA Paper No.46148. İzzettin Önder, “Vergilerin Gelir Dağılımı Üzerindeki Etkilerinin Araştırılması”, Maliye Sempozyumu. Hakan Ay ve Mehmet Latif Haydanlı (2017), “Vergi Yükü Ekseninde Toplumsal Yapının Gelir Dağılımı ve Yoksullukla İlişkisi”, Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, C.4, S.3, ss. 136-153.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Measurement and evaluation are done with homework preparation and presentation and classical questions.
Information	This course is evaluated with an absolute evaluation system.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High