Income Redistribution Course
This course equips you with essential tools to quantify inequality and poverty, scrutinise tax-benefit systems, develop micro-simulations in accessible software, propose feasible reforms, and communicate findings effectively through data-backed policy notes to influence economic policy decisions.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain hands-on skills to assess poverty and inequality, evaluate tax and transfer programmes, and craft practical policy reforms. Master micro-simulation techniques using spreadsheets and free software, analyse impact results, and produce compelling, evidence-based policy briefs drawing on solid national data for meaningful change.
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Develop skills
- Calculate inequality and poverty metrics like Gini, Theil, and Atkinson using actual data.
- Evaluate tax and transfer impacts to identify winners, losers, and magnitudes.
- Construct fast micro-simulations in STATA or R for testing reform scenarios.
- Develop practical redistribution strategies including implementation, budgets, and offsets.
- Produce concise policy briefs on income distribution featuring visuals and core insights.
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