Identifying Data 2023/24
Subject (*) Growth and Economic Development Code 615G01404
Study programme
Grao en Socioloxia
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate 1st four-month period
 Fourth Optional 4.5
Language
Spanish
Galician
English
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Economía
Coordinador
Bruna Quintas, Fernando
 E-mail
f.bruna@udc.es
Lecturers
Bruna Quintas, Fernando
 E-mail
f.bruna@udc.es
Web
General description Todo fenómeno social ten como transfundo o desenvolvemento económico existente no contexto social relevante. E como aspecto chave dese desenvolvemento económico está o nivel de renda das persoas. Por tanto, o cambio social, a dinámica de valores e roles sociais, as características das organizacións e institucións, ou as demandas e problemáticas sociais están mediadas polo crecemento económico. É mais, os conceptos propios da teoría do crecemento económico son útiles para entender moitos fenómenos sociais e económicos: tipos de bens tanxibles e intanxibles, rendementos decrecentes dos factores, rendementos crecentes de escala, incentivos privados á innovación, razóns para a intervención pública...

Este curso consolida e amplía o estudo da Economía, iniciado na materia de Economía Política do primeiro curso do Grado en Socioloxía. Porase o acento en manexar conceptos e estatísticas para avaliar a dinámica económica, especialmente o crecemento a longo prazo. O curso é un bo complemento para a cultura profesional dos sociólogos e para outras materias optativas ou TFGs relacionados con globalización, sustentabilidade medioambiental, migracións, demografía, coñecemento, cambio social, movementos sociais, políticas públicas ou metodoloxía de análise. Pero está especialmente deseñado para "aprender a pensar" en
termos de modelos mentais e de mecanismos de incentivos.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A6 Conocimientos básicos de macroeconomía.
A14 Capacidades en elaborar, utilizar, e interpretar indicadores sociales e instrumentos de medición social.
A23 Capacidades en evaluar los costes y beneficios ecológicos y sociales (presentes y futuros).
A32 Capacidades en contribuir al diseño de políticas públicas orientadas a abordar problemas sociales.
B11 Compromiso ético.
B13 Razonamiento crítico.
C4 Desarrollarse para el ejercicio de una ciudadanía abierta, culta, crítica, comprometida, democrática y solidaria, capaz de analizar la realidad, diagnosticar problemas, formular e implantar soluciones basadas en el conocimiento y orientadas al bien común.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
Understanding the fundamentals of economic analysis and their sociological implications. Getting familiarity with different methodologies and techniques of analysis. A6
A14
Gaining macroeconomic knowledge to explain the various models of economic growth and development. A6
A32
Developing analytical and synthesis capabilities of the students regarding this subject, through the solutions of the empirical and theoretical exercises and essays of this course. A14
A23
 B11
B13
 C4

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1) Introduction and measurement Incentives and institutions. Questions, times, model and assumptions. Rates of growth, GDP, real economic growth and other indicators.
2) Classical explanations of growth Production function, capital and labor factors, human capital (education), constant returns to scale, law of diminishing returns, exogenous growth based on technical progress.
3) Economics of ideas Endogenous growth based on incentives to innovate, complementarities, externalities, contextual effects, increasing returns to scale, properties of knowledge, diffusion, market structure and institutions, public intervention.

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Guest lecture / keynote speech A6 A14 A32 B11 21 21 42
Directed discussion A6 A14 A23 A32 B13 C4 10.5 0 10.5
Practical test: A6 A14 A23 A32 4 0 4
Supervised projects A14 A23 5 40 45
Objective test A6 A14 A23 4 0 4
 
Personalized attention 7 0 7
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Guest lecture / keynote speech Presentation by professor, dialoguing with students.
Directed discussion Debate about data on the Galician, Spanish and international economy, as well other topics of the syllabus.
Practical test: Handling of class practical exercises
Supervised projects A list of chapters of selected books to inspire these supervised projects will be provided.
Objective test Classroom test to past in the continuous assessment, or, in the final tests of first and second opportunity.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Supervised projects
Description
- We may have tutorial sessions at the end of the practical classes, in office, or online, through Teams. Students are kindly requested to ask for an appointment through e-mail, specifying the calendar availability, after considering the office hours of the professor. Please, do not use the chats of Teams or Virtual Campus.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Objective test A6 A14 A23 Multiple choice tests in the continuous assessment or in the exams of 1st and 2nd chance. 60
Supervised projects A14 A23 Essays on one of the proposed topics.
 30
Practical test: A6 A14 A23 A32 Exercises in class.
. 		10
 
Assessment comments

- Additionally, it is possible to add points through the presentation of voluntary tasks.

- The assessment criteria for students with part-time dedication or attendance exemption may be adapted so that the final exam weighs 100% or they can also do tasks not related to face-to-face evaluation.

- If plagiarism is detected in an essay or cheating in an exam, the qualification of "fail" (0 numerical mark) will be obtained in that opportunity, even if that requires modifying the official marks of that opportunity.

Sources of information
Basic Haindl Rondanelli, Erik (2021). Desarrollo económico: un libro de texto. Washington: Amazon
Ray, Debraj (2002). Economía del desarrollo. Barcelona: Antoni Bosch
Acemoglu, Daron; David Laibson; John A. List (2017). Economía: un primer curso inspirado en el mundo real . Barcelona: Antoni Bosch
Todaro, Michael P. (2020). Economic development . Harlow (England): Pearson education
Warsh, David (2006). El conocimiento y la riqueza de las naciones: el enigma del crecimiento económico, su historia y su explicación moderna. Barcelona: Antoni Bosch
Galor, Oded (2022). El viaje de la humanidad. El big bang de las civilizaciones: el misterio del crecimiento y la desigualdad . Barcelona: Destino
Easterly, William (2003). En busca del crecimiento: andanzas y tribulaciones de los economistas del desarrollo [Recurso electrónico o texto impreso]. Barcelona: Antoni Bosch
Giménez, Gregorio; Leonardo Caruana; Mariano Castro (2017). Introducción al crecimiento económico y desarrollo. Madrid: Pirámide
Sachs, Jeffrey (2022). La era del desarrollo sostenible "Nuestro futuro está en juego: incorporemos el desarrollo sostenible a la agenda política mundial. (3ª edición).. Barcelona: Deusto
Jones, Charles I.; Esther. Rabasco; Luis Toharia (2009). Macroeconomía. Barcelona: Antoni Bosch
Jones, Charles I. (2020). Macroeconomics. New York; London: W. W. Norton
Acemoglu, Daron (2012). Por qué fracasan los países: los orígenes del poder, la prosperidad y la pobreza. Barcelona: Deusto

The library has copies of some of these books in English. Some of them can be accessed online through the library.
Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments

- The organization of this subject incorporates the gender perspective and the promotion of values of respect and equality. It is suggested to share with the professor and/or tutors of the Degree any doubt or possibility of improvement in this regard.ç

- Please, use the official e-mail address of the professort to contact with him, but not the chats of Teams or Virtual Campus.


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.