Empirical Policy Evaluation in Health

From Monday, July 8 until Friday, July 12, 2024

Lecturer(s): Prof. Maarten Lindeboom, Prof. Bas van der Klaauw
Location: Lucerne
ECTS: 3

PRESENTATION
The aim of this course is to provide the students with state of the art econometric methods for evaluation of public policy.
The course deals with theoretical literature on causal inference in lectures, but emphasis is given to empirical applications using
micro data. The course therefore includes also practical computer assignments using Stata.

Course program: SGGÖ-Kursprogramm

OBJECTIVES
The key objective of the course is to make students familiar with empirical tools for public policy evaluation and to provide an introduction to working with micro data.