Well-being over life course - determinants and challanges 2400-ENSM105A
The goal of the seminar is to analyse the challenges and determinants of well-being over life course, with a particular focus of earlier life experiences on well-being in later life. Adverse life events, past formal and informal institutions and perceptions of older people in current societies will be discussed. Alternative conceptualization and measures of well-being and their limitations will be examined. Health and socio-economic status and their developments over life course will be discussed. Relevancy of external shocks, resilience and survival will be studied based on the seminal and state-of-the arts literature.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
a) Knowledge
1. The student has knowledge about life course, aging and their consequences both at the local level and at the national level
2. The student knows the methods and tools used to analyze the aging process and its consequences
b) Skills
1. The student is able to model, analyze and interpret social and economic processes resulting from population aging
2. The student uses knowledge obtained during studies and their own analyses to solve research problems
3. The student is able to conduct econometric analysis, select data, present research results and write them down in the form of a master's thesis
c) Social competences
1. The student is able to define the priorities of the research process
2. The student is able to acquire and improve their knowledge and skills
KW01, KW02, KW03, KU01, KU02, KU03, KK01, KK02, KK03
Assessment criteria
Semester 1: Research question and hypotheses defined
Semester 2: Methods selected and analysis conducted
Semester 3: completion of the thesis
Bibliography
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