<p>Lecture, three hours. Limited to Master of Applied Economics students. Introduction to key policy questions in labor, public, and health economics, including health care, education, unemployment, training programs, and welfare. Economic principles at heart of these topics and main approaches to scientifically evaluate policies that affect them, including data, current case evidence, cutting-edge empirical methods, and their relation to microeconomic theory. Letter grading.</p>

Economics

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General Catalog

Evidence-Based Policy Analysis in Labor, Public, and Health Economics

ECON415

4 units