Course NA3001

Applied Microeconomics - Graduate Course

7.5 Credits
Second Cycle
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Starts week 36, 2025

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, 2025 - week 45, 2025
Study Rate:
50%
Location:
Borlänge
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Normal
Language:
English
Other:
P: Course only offered as part of programme.
Entry Qualifications :
  • Equivalent of a Bachelor degree with a major in economics.
Selection :
Guaranteed admission
Application Code:
HDA-H3MED
Main field of study:
Tuition Fee
First Tuition Fee Installment:
15,375 SEK
Total Tuition Fee:
15,375 SEK
EU/EEA Citizens or exchange students are not required to pay fees.
Information on application and tuition fees: www.universityadmissions.se.
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