COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FISCAL ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL SECURITY POLICIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAL 6311 FISCAL ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL SECURITY POLICIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Public Finance

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DILEK BAŞARAN

Offered to

Public Finance

Course Objective

The possible affects and results The social security policies and systems on the public finance Structure will be analyzed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to provide knowledge about social security system
2   Be able to explain the relations between social security systems and financing tools
3   Be able to evaluate the possible affects of social security reforms on fiscal system
4   Be able to discuss the fiscal affects of regulations in social security legislation
5   Be able to carry out alternative fiscal policy suggestions for the efficiency of social security system

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Social Security Concept and Its Development
2 Social Security Systems- The Bismarck Model
3 Social Security Systems-Beveridge Model
4 Social Security Systems- Combined Models
5 The relations of Social Security and social policies
6 The analyze of social security policies in developed countries
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Mid-term Exam
9 The analyze of social security policies in developing countries
10 The development os social security systems and the comparative analysis of social security reforms in Turkey
11 The alternative financing models in social security systems
12 The fiscal analysis of social security reforms
13 The affects of social security policies on public finance system
14 Individual Retirement within the context of Social Security System Model and the effects of globalization process on social security policies

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources:
1. Haluk Egeli, Parafiskalite ve Parafiskal Yükümlülükler, Altın Nokta Yayınları,2011.
2. DPT, Dokuzuncu Kalkına Planı Sosyal Güvenlik Özel Ihtisas Komisyonu Raporu, Ankara, 2006
3. Ulvi SARAN, Kamu Yönetiminde Yeniden Yapılanma, Atlas yayıncılık, 2004.Özkan Bilgili, Yeni Sosyal Güvenlik Uygulaması, Izmir SMMM Odası Yayınları, 2008.
4. Suat Ugur, Sosyal Güvenlik Sistemlerinde Özel Emeklilik Programlarının Yeri ve Gelişimi, TISK Yayınları, No:244, Ankara, 2004.
References:
Other Materialsi:other related books, articles, reports and e-resources

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Student oriented, theoretical lecture and debates on practical events.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are related to evaluation criteria

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 18 18
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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