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

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

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.