Economics of Social Policy

The preliminary meeting for the Master Seminar “Economics of Social Policy” (Ökonomie der Sozialpolitik) on the topic of Regional Labor Markets in the Summer Semester 2024 will take place on Wednesday, February 07, 2024 from 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm at Findelgasse 7/9 in Room 0.016.

Please note that the registration for this seminar already takes place in the prior Winter Semester after the preliminary meeting.

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(Ökonomie der Sozialpolitik), Master, 5 ECTS

Course Type: Lecture and Seminar

Module number: 53083

Contact Person: Prof. Matthias Wrede and Sebastian Ach, M.Sc.

Seminar offered: annually in the Summer Semester (registration for the course occurs in the prior Winter Semester). Please visit our German language webpage for more information: Ökonomie der Sozialpolitik.

Content: Ethical and economic principles of social policy, old-age assurance, health insurance, labour and health protection, selected topics of social policy.

Educational objectives and skills: Students learn how to make international comparisons and characterize systems of old-age assurance, health protection and other selected areas of social policy; discuss ethical and economic principles of governmental intervention in old-age assurance, health care and other selected topics of social policy; evaluate old-age assurance, health care and other selected topics of social policy with regard to efficiency and equity.

Language: German

 

Further information about this course can be found in the module handbook. For time and location please consult campo. Documents and materials are available on StudON.