Curricular information is subject to change.
On completion of this module students should:
1. have a basic understanding of measurement of welfare and change in welfare
2. understand how these concepts are applied in a health setting
3. understand how to measure inequality, poverty and equivalence scales in a health and multi-dimensional setting
4. be able to analyse the socioeconomic gradient of health outcomes in a static and dynamic setting using concentration and mobility indices
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 24 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
| Total | 124 |
It is strongly recommended that students who take this course should at the least have completed an advanced undergraduate course in microeconomics, ideally they should have taken the semester 1 course in Microeconomics in the MEcon Sc programme or equivalent. A knowledge of undergraduate econometrics is also desirable.
It is also recommended that students be familiar with the statistics/econometrics package Stata as examples using this package will feature throughout the module and the assignment will also be based around the package.
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam (In-person): Final exam | End of trimester Duration: 2 hr(s) |
Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 75 |
No |
| Assignment(Including Essay): Data based project, typically given out around week 9/10 and to be submitted by end of semester | Week 9 | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 25 |
No |
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Individual feedback will be provided to students on request.