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[ 971PHE2PHEK22 ] KS Public, Health, and Environmental Economics II
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Education level |
Study areas |
Responsible person |
Hours per week |
Coordinating university |
| 6 ECTS |
M1 - Master's programme 1. year |
Economics |
Ulrich Glogowsky |
4 hpw |
Johannes Kepler University Linz |
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| Detailed information |
| Original study plan |
Master's programme Economics (Economic Policy Analysis) 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
| Students can independently analyze and evaluate public policies related to public, health, and environmental economics, both theoretically and empirically.
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| Skills |
Knowledge |
- Students are able to understand and critically evaluate welfare analyses and discuss their implications for the design of policy measures in a well-founded manner
- They are capable of explaining the fundamental principles of empirical methods for causal analysis, interpreting their results in a nuanced way, and critically assessing their methodological limitations
- They can understand, interpret, and apply theoretical models and evaluate their limitations and areas of application
- They are able to develop and critically reflect on simple analyses (e.g., replication studies or empirical and theoretical analyses)
- Finally, they can prepare content and results and present them in a structured and scientifically sound paper and/or presentation independently
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- Concepts: Social welfare functions, marginal value of public funds, efficiency and equity trade-offs
- Empirical causes of gender inequality, income inequality, and intergenerational mobility
- Theoretical and empirical effects of family policies, monetary and non-monetary transfers, educational investments, and place-based policies
- Theoretical and empirical effects of income taxation, measures to support low-income earners, and measures to fight tax evasion
- Causal analysis: Fundamentals of causal inference, potential outcome framework, ATE, ITT, TOT, randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental designs (e.g., DiD and RDD).
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| Criteria for evaluation |
Attendance, active participation, presentation, problem sets (depending on lecturer), term paper
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| Methods |
Interactive lecture, coaching, feedback
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
will be announced
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| Changing subject? |
No |
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| On-site course |
| Maximum number of participants |
60 |
| Assignment procedure |
Assignment according to priority |
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