Income Distribution and Redistribution Course
This course equips you with essential tools to study income distribution and redistribution policies. You will learn to measure inequality with real-world data from sources like World Bank and IMF, analyse fiscal impacts of taxes and transfers, design effective reforms, simulate outcomes, and produce persuasive policy briefs for decision-makers in economics and government.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
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What will I learn?
Gain hands-on skills to analyse income and wealth distribution using Gini and poverty indicators, handle global datasets effectively, evaluate tax burdens and transfer benefits, create practical tax or transfer policy changes, simulate effects on poverty and inequality, and draft compelling reports for top policymakers.
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Develop skills
- Master inequality measures like Gini, income shares, and poverty stats quickly.
- Conduct fiscal incidence analysis to see who pays taxes and benefits from transfers.
- Design practical tax and transfer reforms that are progressive and impactful.
- Write concise policy briefs from complex distributional analysis.
- Source and prepare equity data from World Bank, IMF, and OECD databases.
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