Innovation and globalization create new opportunities, but also threaten jobs and earnings of others. Inequality gets larger. Ageing challenges pension and health systems. Climate change threatens the quality of life. Education and public infrastructure must catch up to support new technologies, and governments must rethink their role in the economy. What is required more than ever are public policies based on sound theory and empirical evidence. Read here an example how you could structure your studies in the field of public policy.
Jobs: Typical jobs requiring a public policy expertize are in government institutions, OECD, industry organizations, labour unions or independent think tanks. Research institutes specialized in public sector economics, social security, or related fields are key employers (e.g. Institute of Fiscal Studies in London, KOF in Zürich, Ifo in Munich, ZEW in Mannheim, IZA Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, etc.).
In order to graduate as a Master in Economics with a declared specialisation in Public Policy, students need to gain at least 16 ECTS from the courses listed below and write their master’s thesis in the area of Public Policy.
8,260,1.00 Public Economics - The Economics of Taxation
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4 ECTS
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Spring |
8,252,1.00 Advanced Macroeconomics III: Money and Prices |
4 ECTS |
Spring |
8,250,1.00 Advanced Microeconomics III: Game Theory |
4 ECTS |
Spring |
8,268,1.00 Quantitative Economic Policy |
4 ECTS |
Spring |
8,262,1.00 Labor Economics: Theory and Applications |
4 ECTS |
Spring |
8.286.1.00 Selected Topics in Swiss Public Finance
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4 ECTS |
Spring |
8,280,1.00 Beyond Homo Oeconomicus: Decision Making and Wellbeing in Economics (not offered in Spring 2021)
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4 ECTS |
Spring |
9,268,1.00 Political Economics |
4 ECTS |
Autumn |
9,272,1.00 Economics of Central Banking
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4 ECTS
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Autumn |
9,276,1.00 Debt and Fiscal Policy |
4 ECTS |
Autumn |