This course provides advanced discussion and examination of applied economics with a specific emphasis on issues related to the welfare state. The student will learn:

- Problems and concepts related to measurements of poverty and inequality
- Central economic arguments regarding provision of health care
- Central economic arguments regarding provision of school education
- Central economic arguments regarding provision of higher education
- Basic differences between a number of countries regarding various welfare state structures or organisations.
- To formulate advanced economic analysis of the welfare state both in terms of efficiency and in terms of distribution
- To analyse political ideologies by using economic theory
- Fundamental knowledge of links between the welfare state and economic growth
- The ability and skills to analyse the incentives for a social insurance system and other public interventions

Starts and ends:

week 36, 2024 - week 45, 2024

Study Rate:

50%

Location:

Borlänge

Time of Day:

Day

Teaching form:

Normal

Language:

English

Other:

Only for Exchange Students (Erasmus)

Entry Qualifications :

Equivalent of a Bachelor degree with a major in economics.

Application Code:

HDA-H3HZL

Main field of study:

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