OVERVIEW

The course deals with the economic policy implication of ageing and with the digitalization of the economy

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course covers topics of economic policy associated with the aging of the population, the digitalisation of the economy and innovation policies

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The first part of the course provides the student with insights the working of pension systems (both Pay as You Go and Funded) and Long Term Care Policies. The second part is on the implications of the digitalization of the economy.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Il corso si articola nelle seguenti 4 parti:

1) Teoria delle votazioni

N. Acocella, Fondamenti di Politica Economica, NIS, 1994, par. 3.6

2) Elementi di demografia ed implicazioni di politica economica dell’invecchiamento della

popolazione:

i) Elementi di demografia (materiali su aulaweb)

ii) L’economia delle pensionistici (materiali su aulaweb)

iii) Invecchiamento e distribuzione della ricchezza (materiali su aulaweb)

iv) Politiche di assistenza (materiali su aulaweb)

3) Implicazioni di politica economica della digitalizzazione dell’economia:

i) Slides su aulaweb

ii) I seguenti articoli (caricati su Aulaweb)

(1) A. Goldfarb, C. Tucker, Digital Economics, NBER wp 23684, 2017.

(2) A. Agrawal, J. Gans, A. Goldfarb, Artificial Intelligence: the Ambiguous Labor

Market Impact of Automating Prediction, NBER wp 25619, 2019

(3) A. Agrawal, J. Gans, A. Goldfarb, Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence, NBER wp 24690, 2018

(4) D. Sichel, Productivity Measurement: Racing to Keep Up, NBER wp 25558, 2019

(5) E. Bryniolfsson, D. Rock, C. Syverson, Artificial Intelligence and the Modern

Productivity Paradox: a Clash of Expectations and Statistics

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LUCA BELTRAMETTI (President)

ANNA BOTTASSO

GABRIELE CARDULLO

MAURIZIO CONTI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

February 2022

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam. The exam can be given in English upon request

Exam schedule