Module 1: Introduction to the economic and demographic frame of social budgeting

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In this first module we deal mainly with methods used to set up the statistical basis of social budgeting models, i.e. the ¿monetary¿ and ¿physical¿ entities observed in the past. In order to do so, you will familiarize yourself with some major national accounting systematic. This is required to make you understand that the accounts of social protection systems are part of a broader set of accounts which are all based on core concepts, rooting back to fundaments established by economic theory.

A full understanding of the contents of (social protection) accounts is only possible on the basis of understanding of the economic concepts underlying national accounting. This is why you will have to understand the concept of ¿Gross Domestic Product¿ (and its derivatives) ¿ and what it means when economists speak about ¿supply¿, ¿demand¿ and ¿primary distribution¿. Analysis of social budgets often deals with differentiating between ¿nominal¿ and ¿real¿ values. Therefore, you will have to deal with price and volume index concepts.

Furthermore, you need to understand the role of the state as a re-distributor ¿ and how this role is mapped in national accounts in terms of government accounts and their ¿impact¿ on the disposable income of economic entities (private households; enterprises; etc.)

Session 1:

Social Budgeting: Introduction and overview

Session 2:

National Accounts and Social Budgeting. Measuring economic activities - GDP and its derivatives

Session 3:

International population trends and parameter estimation. Labor market participation and social security coverage. Measuring population and labour supply