Income Redistribution Course
Gain hands-on skills in income redistribution: measure inequality and poverty, analyse tax and transfer systems, build micro-simulations in STATA or R, design feasible reforms, and produce impactful policy notes with data visuals for economic policy-making in real contexts.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This focused Income Redistribution Course equips you with tools to assess poverty and inequality, evaluate tax and transfer programmes, craft effective reform strategies, apply micro-simulation techniques using spreadsheets and open-source tools like STATA or R, analyse distributional impacts, and produce compelling, evidence-based policy reports drawing from solid national data for practical policy influence.
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Develop skills
- Measure poverty and inequality using Gini, Theil, and Atkinson indices on real data.
- Analyse tax and transfer systems to see who benefits, who loses, and by how much.
- Create fast micro-simulations in STATA or R for testing tax-benefit reforms.
- Develop practical redistribution reforms with phase-in strategies, costs, and compensations.
- Craft clear policy briefs on income distribution featuring charts and key insights.
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