Economic Policy Evaluation

Education facts

Code: NEAD27

The course comprises the following components: - welfare theory as the foundation of socio-economic evaluations: the Pareto criterion and Hicks-Kaldor criterion - econometric evaluation methods: calculating effects of measures on the basis of non-randomised observation data only - econometric evaluation methods: cost benefit analysis and cost effect analysis - defining and calculating of socio-economic cost - quantifying and measuring entities such as improved health and environment: direct evaluation methods, indirect evaluation methods, the value of statistical life, quality adjusted living years (QALYs) - uncertainty and option values in economic evaluation - discounting and handling cost and benefit for future generations - ethical problems: utilitarianism and the ethics of consequence The cours is based on applications derived from various areas of micro-economy, particularly those of health, environment and education.

Entry requirements

Economics 90 ECTS cr including NEGB22 Econometrics 7.5 ECTS cr or equivalent plus additional courses totalling at least 30 ECTS cr at the G2F level or above. Upper Secondary English 6, English B, or equivalent.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Economic Policy Evaluation

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 9 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %