ECO-3370 - Growth, Inequality, and Globalization - Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen - Dr Toche
GENERAL INFORMATION:
This course is intended for students of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, offered in Shenzhen.
[PDF] Syllabus
TEACHING ASSISTANTS:
Wang Xian: wangxian@cuhk.edu.cn
Cina Yang: cinayang@cuhk.edu.cn
LECTURES:
HTML SLIDES: https://ptoche.github.io/
[PDF] ALL SLIDES
[PDF] ALL HANDOUTS
[PDF] ALL FIGURES COLOR
[PDF] ALL FIGURES B&W
GET CONTENT: https://github.com/ptoche/piketty
[SLIDES] [HANDOUT] Neoclassical Growth Model
NOTES:
[PDF] Brief timeline for 20th century
[PDF] Note on growth rates 1: compounding
[PDF] Note on growth rates 2: averages
[PDF] Note on growth rates 3: comparison
[PDF] Note on growth rates 4: tricks
[PDF] Note on growth rates 5: accounting
[PDF] [PDF] Selected Figures on China and Miscellani
1. GENERAL ARTICLES & REVIEWS
[PDF] Journal of Economic Perspectives 27(3), Symposium, Summer 2013.
[PDF] Journal of Economic Perspectives 29(1), Symposium, Winter 2015.
[PDF] Emmanual SAEZ, "Income and Wealth Inequality: Evidence and Policy Implications", Contemporary Economic Policy, 35: 7-25, January 2017.
[PDF] Facundo ALVAREDO, Anthony ATKINSON, Thomas PIKETTY, Emmanual SAEZ, "The Top 1 Percent in International and Historical Perspective." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 27 (3): 3-20, September 2013.
[PDF] Anthony ATKINSON, Thomas PIKETTY, Emmanual SAEZ, "Top Incomes in the Long Run of History," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 49 (1): 3-71, March 2011.
[PDF] Anthony B. ATKINSON, "Can we reduce income inequality in OECD countries?," Empirica 42: 211–223, 2015.
[PDF] Robert GORDON and Ian DEW-BECKER, "Selected Issues in the Rise of Income Inequality", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 38 (2): 169-192, 2017.
[PDF] Branko MILANOVIC, "Global Income Inequality in Numbers: in History and Now," Global Policy 4: 198-208, 2013.
2. SPECIFIC TOPICS
[PDF] Thomas PIKETTY, Li YANG, Gabriel ZUCMAN, "Capital Accumulation, Private Property and Rising Inequality in China, 1978-2015," NBER Working Papers 23368, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017.
[PDF] David H. AUTOR, "Trade and Labor Markets: Lessons from China's Rise," IZA World of Labor, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), pages 431-431, February 2018.
[PDF] Matthew ROGNLIE, "Deciphering the Fall and Rise in the Net Capital Share: Accumulation or Scarcity?," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 46(1): 1-69, Spring 2015.
[PDF] David H. AUTOR, "Skills, Education, and the Rise of Earnings Inequality Among the 'Other 99 Percent'," Science 344 (6186): 843-851, 23 May 2014.
[PDF] David H. AUTOR, Alan MANNING, Christopher L. SMITH, "The Contribution of the Minimum Wage to US Wage Inequality over Three Decades: A Reassessment," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 8 (1): 58–99, 2016.
3. TECHNICAL NOTES
[PDF] Bureau of Economic Analysis, "Concepts and Methods of the U.S. National Income and Product Accounts", November 2014.
[PDF] Bureau of Economic Analysis, "Housing Services in the National Economic Accounts", A Note by Nicole Mayerhauser and Marshall Reinsdorf, 2007.
[PDF] Michelle A. VACHRIS, James THOMAS, "International price comparisons based on purchasing power parity," Monthly Labor Review 122 (3): 3-12, October 1999.
More references may be added.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. In-Class Midterm [50%]
MONDAY 2 JULY 2018 1:30pm ROOM T.D-105. Closed book. Duration 1.5 hours. Please bring your student ID, pens of different colors and a ruler (you may need to draw graphs). You may bring a calculator and paper dictionary.
Topics: All things discussed in Piketty's book, Chapters 1-8. Also recommended: Chapters 9 and 10, as they contained more details about topics covered earlier.
[PDF] Sample questions
2. Take-Home Project [50%]
MONDAY 23 JULY 2018 1:30pm ROOM T.D-105. MUST BE HANDED TO ME OR A T.A. IN PERSON. Exact time or EARLIER. I will stop answering questions about the projects five days before the deadline.
[PDF] Instructions
Step1: Please email your data to Wang Xian [wangxian@cuhk.edu.cn] in a common data format (.csv or .xls or .xlsx).
Step 2: Submit your report on paper and in person, with a cover page listing all the group members' names and student ID numbers, and the following text: "We, the undersigned, certify that this is our own work, and our own work only. No part of this work was inappropriately copied or plagiarized. Credit has been properly given where due." Each group member must sign the cover sheet next to their name. You may form groups of up to 10 students. Each group must submit one (and only one) report, signed by each and every group member. You are encouraged to collaborate in the research stage, but each group must submit a standalone report. To ensure your contribution is valued, pay particular attention to the clarity of the presentation: Large graphs with title and caption, carefully labelled figures, clear data description and sources, accurate quotes, complete bibliography. Graphs and tables must be your own: No copy-pasting.
[PDF] Topics
This course was completed in August 2018.