Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Erasmus School of Economics
Course Title:
Economics of the Welfare State
Course Number:
FEB12017X
Course Description:
This course uses economics to cast light on these issues. It separates equity from efficiency goals and analyses the extent to which state involvement in the finance and provision of pensions, insurance, health care and education is justified with respect to economic efficiency. Moving beyond the broad issue of whether the state should be involved in these sectors, the course considers how social policies should be designed to best achieve specific equity and efficiency objectives. After this course you will be:
i) more critical of debates about welfare policies in Europe;
ii) able to distinguish equity from efficiency motivations for social policies;
iii) able analyse the design of welfare policies;
iv) able to assess the validity of empirical analyses of welfare issues;
v) practised in developing a logical, coherent argument.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ECON 3---
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