Human Resources, Labour Sciences and Innovation

ALESSANDRA DE ROSE

Knowledge and understanding:
The aim of the course is to provide students with adequate knowledge of the logic and basic tools for the statistical and demographic analysis of human resource potential. It will highlight the population dynamics that underlie, in particular, the generational turnover of the workforce. The information and analytical tools useful for the management of the company workforce and its segmentation will be provided, as well as for the description of the socio-economic and demographic context of the reference territory for the company.
Applied knowledge and understanding:
At the end of the course the student will have acquired basic knowledge relating to: Using statistical tools and data for the descriptive analysis of social and population phenomena; Understanding demographic changes and generational dynamics; Carrying out statistical analysis of company personnel and their segmentation; Developing forecasting scenarios.
Judgment autonomy:
The expected result at the end of the course is that the student has developed a sufficiently autonomous analytical ability to find and analyze demographic and statistical data for the job market and to understand their national and supranational dynamics.
Communication skills:
At the end of the course the student must be able to effectively describe the data and the analyzes carried out on them also with graphic and tabular tools and to adequately comment on the population dynamics, being able to independently make logical connections -statistics within the subject, with appropriate language.
Learning ability:
At the end of the course the expected result is that the student is able to continue the advanced study of the labor market by demonstrating the knowledge learned, and in particular having acquired the statistical and demographic tools for the analysis of the data relating to it.

The student will be able to: Use tools and statistical data for the descriptive analysis of social and population phenomena; Understand demographic changes and generational dynamics; Perform a demographic analysis of company employees; Understand the interrelationship between demographic changes, environment and economic growth; Develop scenarios for population projections.

Basic mathematics
Familiarity with spreadsheet

Basic notions of descriptive statistics. Construction and interpretation of tables and graphs. Simple indicators of the distributions of qualitative and quantitative variables. Data sources: guide to the use of the information assets of official statistics. Logic and techniques of demographic analysis. The analysis of the renewal and extinction of generations. Consistency, increase and structure of a population. Birth and fertility rates. Mortality and survival indicators. Mobility and migration. Demographic projections. Demographic methods for analyzing company data. Analysis of stock data and flow of business activities. Economic and social implications of demographic dynamics. Demographic aging and the labor market. Effects of demographic change on the market for goods and services. Population and environment.

- De Rose A. Rosina A. "Introduzione alla demografia. Analisi e interpretazione delle dinamiche di popolazione", Egea, Milano, 2026.

- Letture consigliate dal docente

The course includes lectures to transfer the main contents of the course and seminars with external witnesses to stimulate a more focused reflection on specific socio-demographic issues. An intense practical activity is foreseen, also with the aid of IT tools, for learning statistical and demographic analysis techniques and for navigating between data sources.

There is no obligation to attend, but participation in the statistical-demographic laboratory activities is strongly recommended

The exam takes place in written form and consists of two parts:
1) exercises aimed at evaluating the skills acquired in the acquisition and processing of statistical and demographic data
2) Answers and short comments to 3 questions, aimed at assessing the level of learning and in-depth analysis of the issues addressed during the course

For the practical section:

1) Download the data on the resident population in Italy as at 1 January 2024. Construct the age pyramid.
2) Using the data on the number of births by mother’s age and the female population of the same age, calculate the total fertility rate for the year 2020

For the content-based test:
1) Outline the different stages of the demographic transition
2) What impact might population growth or decline have on economic sustainability?

Other examples are available on the e-learning course page on Moodle platform, which contains all the materials illustrated during the course and the collection of previous exams with solutions: https://elearning.uniroma1.it/course/view.php?id=18685

• Basic logics and methods of demography
  • Books: - De Rose A. Rosina A. "Introduzione alla demografia. Analisi e interpretazione delle dinamiche di popolazione", Egea, Milano, 2022. Cap. 1-6


• Data soruces and analyses
  • Books: - De Rose A. Rosina A. "Introduzione alla demografia. Analisi e interpretazione delle dinamiche di popolazione", Egea, Milano, 2022. Cap. 7 - Laboratory


• Population trends and problems
  • Books: - De Rose A. Rosina A. "Introduzione alla demografia. Analisi e interpretazione delle dinamiche di popolazione", Egea, Milano, 2022. Cap. 8-13