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ECOS4212: Economics of Program Evaluation
2024 unit information
Across a range of policy domains including health and education, governments are increasingly seeking advice on the economic evaluation of policy programs. In this unit of study, the microeconomic tools used to causally evaluate public policies are introduced and critically examined. Emphasis will be placed on empirical approaches using real-world data. Students will have to define a research problem; conduct a literature review; code, analyse, and interpret data; as well as critically present their research results.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Economics
| Code | ECOS4212 |
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| Academic unit | Economics |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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ECOS3997 or ECMT3997 or ECON3999 or ECON3998 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Describe the key empirical methods in economics to evaluate the causal impact of programs aiming at improving outcomes for individuals and the wider society.
- LO2. Describe the behavioural and experimental methods in economics that can guide the design of programs and shed light on the behavioural channels through which programs succeed or fail.
- LO3. Critically evaluate the assumptions and limitations of the empirical methods used to evaluate programs.
- LO4. Apply program evaluation methods to an existing dataset and evaluate the impact of a program.
- LO5. Develop a program evaluation plan, including identifying i) the most adequate empirical methods for the impact evaluation, and ii) the experimental methods to identify the effect of the program on individual behaviour.
- LO6. Communicate the process of and results from program evaluations.
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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