This document provides the schedule and assessment tasks for the course EC4355 Economics of Aging offered in semester 2 of the AY2021/2022 academic year. It includes the weekly topics to be covered from weeks 1 to 14, as well as the due dates for seven student discussion assignments and two quizzes worth 20% and 30% respectively. An empirical assignment worth 30% is also due on 20 March 2023. The course discusses topics such as global population aging, lifetables, generational accounting, work and retirement, health and long-term care financing, and the relationship between aging and society.
This document provides the schedule and assessment tasks for the course EC4355 Economics of Aging offered in semester 2 of the AY2021/2022 academic year. It includes the weekly topics to be covered from weeks 1 to 14, as well as the due dates for seven student discussion assignments and two quizzes worth 20% and 30% respectively. An empirical assignment worth 30% is also due on 20 March 2023. The course discusses topics such as global population aging, lifetables, generational accounting, work and retirement, health and long-term care financing, and the relationship between aging and society.
This document provides the schedule and assessment tasks for the course EC4355 Economics of Aging offered in semester 2 of the AY2021/2022 academic year. It includes the weekly topics to be covered from weeks 1 to 14, as well as the due dates for seven student discussion assignments and two quizzes worth 20% and 30% respectively. An empirical assignment worth 30% is also due on 20 March 2023. The course discusses topics such as global population aging, lifetables, generational accounting, work and retirement, health and long-term care financing, and the relationship between aging and society.
Date Assessment Tasks/ Due Dates Week Topic (2022) 1 12 Jan Global Demography of Ageing: Perspectives 2 19 Jan Understanding Lifetables SD1 Adaptation to Society Aging: Multidimensional Comparison
3 26 Jan Stochastic modelling of Mortality SD2 Lifetables and applications (Group 3)
4 2 Feb CNY 5 9 Feb Generational Accounting SD3 Demography in R (Group 1) SD4 Constructing lifetables from Lee Carter Mortality Projections (using excel) 6 16 Feb Quiz 1 (20%) RECESS WEEK Sat 19 Feb 2022 to 27 Feb 2022 7 2 Mar Ageing and Fiscal Space SD4 (Group 5)
8 9 Mar Work and Retirement SD5 (Group 6 )
9 16 Mar Health state and ageing Empirical Assignment (30%)
Due 20 March @2359
Modeling Healthcare Financing – e.g. Pioneer
Generation and Merdekah Generation Funds 10 23 Mar Long-term care financing SD6: (Group 2 )
11 30 Mar Social Insurance SD7 (Group 7 )
12 6 Apr Aging and Society - Volunteerism, social SD7: (Group 4)