Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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4310025 Economics and Business Administration | OT | 0 | 2 |
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Fundamentals of Economics and Business I
Fundamentals of Economics and Business II
Economics and Monetary Policy
The goal of the module is to present and discuss the most popular time series models, as well as recent advances, that can be used to study the propagation mechanisms of macroeconomic shocks and evaluate the effects of macroeconomic policies.
Labor Market and Family Policies
This course aims to study the factors behind the changing family patterns in industrialized countries. The course will review key trends and then present basic economic theories of fertility, female labor force participation, and marriage. We will pay particular attention to how public policies (ranging from divorce laws to childcare subsidies) affect families.
Social Protection Policies
Assessing the existence and design of the welfare state, by learning the economic theory of the state intervention in order to improve citizens’ wellbeing and the different programs aimed at that end. Analysing the current organization of the welfare state in different countries, and challenges and responses in a changing world.
Economics and Monetary Policies
Labor Market and Family Policies
Social Protection Policies
The activities that will allow the students to learn the basic concepts included in this course are:
1. Theory lectures where the instructor will explain the main concepts.
The goal of this activity is to introduce the basic notions and guide the student learning
2. Problem Sets
In some subjects, a problem set which students will have to solve individually or in teams will be included in every unit. The goal of this activity is twofold. On one hand students will work with the theoretical concepts explained in the classroom, and on the other hand through this practice they will develop the necessary skills for problem solving.
3. Practice lectures
The aim of this activity is to comment on and solve any possible doubt that students mayhave had solving the problem assignment. This way they will be able to understand and correct any errors they may have had during this process.
4. Essay writing
In some subjects students will produce written essays on the topics proposed
5. Tutoring hours
Students will have some tutor hours in which the subject instructors will help them solve any doubts they may have.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures with ITC support | 37.5 | 1.5 | 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
Resolution of exercises | 37.5 | 1.5 | 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutoring and monitoring work in progress. In-class presentations | 62.5 | 2.5 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study, Reading, Exercise solving, Essays writing, | 79.5 | 3.18 | 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
The module consists of a number of different subjects or parts taught by different professors. The final mark for the module will consist of the average of the marks of each subject within the module.
The module is considered successfully passed if:
the mark for each subject within the module is higher than or equal to 3.0 (in a 0 to 10 scale), and
the final mark for that module is higher than or equal to 5.0 (in a 0 to 10 scale).
IMPORTANT: In order to pass each subject, students must attend at least 80% of the lectures (special cases, with appropriate justification, will be considered individually by the professors together with MEBA coordinators).
If the module is not successfully passed, the MEBA coordinators will ask the student to re-take the exams for those subjects that, according to the coordinators and the professors opinions, may help the student to successfully pass the module.
If after the re-take exams the student successfully passes the module, her or his mark for that module will be upgraded accordingly, otherwise the previous grade will remain valid. Two restrictions apply for the results after retaking:
The calendar for the re-retake exams will be announced along with the grades report
The mark -between 0 and 10- for each subject will be computed by each professor based on his or her ow criteria and on the student's performance. As a general rule, 35% of the mark will correspond to the assessment of the continuous work of the student during the course, and 65% will consist of acomprehensive final examination. The duration and nature of the final examination isdecided by each professor.
Final exams are compulsory. Re-take exams are only thought for those students having previously written a first exam and failed.
Economics and Monetary Policies
Labour Market and Family Policies
Social Protection Policies
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Exercises and essays | 35% | 27 | 1.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
Topic Exam: Economics and Monetary Policy | 21.66% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10 |
Topic Exam: Labour and Family Policies | 21.66% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
Topic exam: Social Protection Policies | 21.66% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
General References
Albanesi, S, C. Olivetti and B. Petrogolo (2022). "Families, Labor Markets and Policy". NBER Working Paper No 30685. Forthcoming in the Handbook of Family Economics, edited by S. Lundberg and A. Voena (Amsterdam: Elsevier)
Barr, N. (2020). The Economics of the Welfare State. Oxford University Press (6th Edition).
Doepke, M., A. Hannusch, F. Kindermand and M. Tertilt (2022). "The Economcis of Fertility: A New Era". NBER Working Paper No 29948. Forthcoming in the Handbook of Family Economics, edited by S, Lundberg and A. Voena (Amsterdam: Elsevier)
Emgster, D. (2015). Justice, Care and the Welfare State. Oxford University Press
Glennerster, H. (2003). Understanding the Finance of Welfare. University of Bristol.
Greenwood, J., N. Guner and G. Vandebroucke (2017). "Family Economics Writ Large". Journal of Economic Literature, 55 (4): 1346-1434.
Greenwood, J., N. Guner and R. Mato (2022). "The Great Transition: Kuznets Facts for Family-Economists". NEBR Working Paper No 28656. Forthcoming in the Handbook of Family Economics, edited by S. Lundberg and A. Voena (Amsterdam: Elsevier)
Gruber, J. (2007). Public Finance and Public Policy. Worth Publishers, Second Edition.
Silvestre, J. (2012). Public Economics. Efficiency and Equity in Public Policy. Edward Elgar.
Specific references
Specific references will be distributed for some chapters along the course.
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