Corso di Laurea: ECONOMIA AZIENDALE
Course: Evaluation of public policies
Academic Year 2020-2021
CFU 5
Professor
Vincenzo Carrieri
Information | Evaluation of Public Policies (SECS-P/03 ) |
Information on the Lecturer | Professor of Economic Policy e-mail: vincenzo.carrieri@unicz.it
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Course Description | To provide in the first part the fundamental concepts of public economics and policy and in the second part the fundamentals of policy evaluation techniques |
Course Objectives and Expected Learning Outcomes | T The objective of the course is to provide knowledge regarding state intervention in the economy, policy making and policy evaluation. The student will be expected to illustrate and interpret the main theoretical concepts of public economics issues and empirical aspects related to the evaluation of public policies
KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS: Knowledge of the role of the state in the modern economy with reference to allocative and distributive functions and evaluation of major public policy interventions (pensions and health care). ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: The course makes constant reference to the main policies adopted in Italy and Europe in order to provide the student with the ability to analyze the purpose of the public interventions implemented and propose suitable methods for the evaluation of these policies. AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT: Ability to make autonomous judgments on the scopes of public interventions and the appropriateness of the policy evaluation methods used COMMUNICATION SKILLS: The reference to real-world policies adopted will enable the student to acquire the ability to communicate the fundamentals of public economics and of policy evaluation even to non-specialists. LEARNING SKILLS: The reference to real-world policies adopted will enable the student to acquire the ability to link theory to professional practice
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Programme
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Part I: Public Economics and Policy
1. The role of the State in the modern economy 2. The pension systems and the main reforms 3. The Health care system 4. Educational Policies 5. Tax-transfer schemes and redistribution policies
Part II: Policy Evaluation 1. The fundamental problem of evaluation 2. Randomized Experiments 3. Observational Studies 4. Quasi-experimental design: Before-after, Difference-in-Differences Design, Regression Discontinuity Design
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Estimated Hourly Commitment Required for Individual Study | It is expected that the attending student must study at least one hour for each hour of class attended. On the other hand, it is expected that the non-attending student for the same topics must study three times as long as an attending student. |
Teaching methods used | The course is based on lectures and integrative teaching. Integrative teaching consists of students presenting each week the solution of previously assigned exercises, integrative reports, review of relevant literature.
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Textbooks | Part I:
Campa, G., Lezioni di Scienza Delle Finanze, UTET: Torino R. Artoni, Elementi di Scienza delle Finanze, il Mulino, 2015. Gruber, J., Public Finance and Public Policy, 2019, Worth Pub Part II: Martini, A., Sisti, M., Valutare il successo delle politiche pubbliche, 2018. Il Mulino: Bologna. Angrist, J., Pischke, J-S., (2014) Mastering ‘Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect, Princeton University Press.
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Tutoring | Students can arrange a meeting with the lecturer on a weekly basis. |
Attendance | Attendance is mandatory for those who intend to take the exam in the attending mode. Attendance at least 75% of the classes is required. Attendees will take the exam only on the part of the program covered by the teacher in class |
Exam mode | The exam is written with the possibility of an optional supplementary oral exam for those who have obtained a score of at least 15/30. The written consists of numerical exercises and theoretical questions. Each question is worth a predetermined number of points. The sum of all points per question is 30. The exam is passed if at least 18 points out of 30 are obtained. The supplemental oral allows you to increase or decrease your written grade by about 3 points. The only difference between attending and non-attending students is the syllabus of the exam.
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