Code: | SS2210241 | Acronym: | EPS | |
Predominant Scientific Areas: | Economics |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study plan | Curriculum Years | ECTS | Contact hours | Total Hours |
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LSS1 | 61 | Viso nº 16918/2022 de 30 de Agosto | 3º | 3 ECTS |
Teóricas: | 16,50 |
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Demonstrate the economic reasons for state intervention in the financing, provision, administration and regulation of social sectors.
Understand the recent evolution of objectives, policy measures and the most common instruments of public intervention in the social sectors.
To highlight the contribution of economic science to the analysis, understanding and evaluation of social problems.
Raise awareness of the application of economic evaluation methods in deciding on social programs, projects and investments.
Contribute to updating the debate on the impact of public policies, particularly budgetary and fiscal policies, on stability, efficiency and equity.
1. Grounds for state intervention in the economy
1.1 Increasing economic efficiency
1.2 Promoting fairness
2. Economic analysis of the main social sectors
2.1 Education
2.2 Health
2.3 Pensions and Social Security
2.4 Poverty and inequality.
The aim of this course is for students to acquire the ability to interpret social phenomena from an economic perspective.
In this sense, the topics defined in the syllabus allow for this understanding, namely by debating the role of the state in the economy, questions of efficiency and equity or how economic problems arise in the provision of health, education, social security or poverty.
The Economics of Social Problems;Julian Le Grand, Carol Propper, Sarah Smith, Palgrave MacMillan, 2008 |
Paulo Trigo Pereira, António Afonso, Manuela Arcanjo, José Carlos Gomes Santos;Economia e Finanças Públicas, Escolar Editora, 2012 |
N. Barr;The Economics of the Welfare State, Weidenfeld , 1987 |
Paul A. Samuelson, William D. Nordhaus;Economia, McGraw-Hill, 1999 |
Lectures, presentation of the subjects under analysis by the lecturer with discussion of the issues in class. Frequent recourse to the analysis of themes and problems in the social sphere and their interpretation and reading by Economic Science.
Avaliação distribuída com exame final
Description | Type | Time (hours) | Conclusion Date |
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Attendance (estimated) | Lessons | 30 | |
Total: | 30 |
Written final exam
none
Written exam
Written exam
Since the learning objectives are essentially theoretical, the methodology of presenting and discussing the subjects in theoretical-practical classes is considered appropriate.