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Choices, Inequality and Welfare - Period 2
Business & Economics Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: mid Aug 2025 - early Jun 2026
Choices, Inequality and Welfare - Period 2
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Economics
Instruction in: English
Course Code: E_ME_CIW
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
Prerequisites: This course requires basic knowledge of mathematics (differential calculus; high school level) and statistics, as provided in the academic core of most academic BSc programs at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION
Choices, inequalities and welfare pursues a clear microeconomic policy approach. The objective of this course is to identify, justify, analyze and evaluate policy options to various current economic problems, including issues in the fields of poverty and inequality, trade, climate and environment, labor markets and social insurance, as well as competition policy for and regulation of product markets. Using problem sets along with work on empirical economic data will increase and deepen understanding and help broach a large number of applied policy fields
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.