20271 - PUBLIC ECONOMICS
CLMG - M - IM - MM - AFC - CLAPI - CLEFIN-FINANCE - CLELI - ACME - DES-ESS - EMIT
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
- The interaction between public policies and the acquisition and development of human capital.
- Gender gaps in the labour market and in politics and policies which attempt to overcome them.
- Public policies in open economy, with a focus on international labour mobility.
- Social security: how demographic changes influence the design, reform and impact of pension systems.
- The Welfare state: an Introduction
- Education
- Education financing and macroeconomic outcomes
- Public/private schooling and students’ outcomes
- Human capital accumulation
- The technology of skill formation
- The role of early environments and child care policies
- Time use and public policies
- Gender gaps
- Some explanations for the emergence of gender gaps
- Policies to address the gender gap in the labour market
- Gender quotas on corporate boards
- Gender quotas in politics
- Income inequality and social mobility
- Public policies in open economies
- Redistribution and factor mobility
- The fiscal effect of immigration
- The assimilation of immigrants
- Social networks and welfare participation
- Migration policies and illegal migratio
- Brain drain vs brain gain
- Social security
- Pension system, savings and the labour supply
- The design and reform of pension systems
- Welfare state and demographics
Written exam.
For attending students
Written exam. A presentation based on topics agreed upon during the course can complement part of the written exam. There is the possibily to sit a partial exam.
Most of the course is based on articles from scientific journals and working papers. The compulsory are provided at the beginning of the course. A set of slides and lecture notes will be available before classes.