Browse Hierarchy ECOM224: Design and Evaluation of Public Policy

This course will develop microeconometric and policy evaluation techniques through the lens of real world problems and policies in both rich and poor countries. Topics studied will range over public administration, education, design of public services and transfers, labour markets, environmental policy, immigration, microfinance, taxation, compliance and benefits of health policy. Emphasis will be given to policy design, estimation of effects, causal identification, reach of programs, measurement and economic quantification of outcomes.