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Health Econometrics - JEM208

Title:	Health Econometrics
Czech title:	Health Econometrics
Guaranteed by:	Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
Faculty:	Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual:	from 2019
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	6
Examination process:	winter s.:combined
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:2/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	59 / 59 (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	doc. Paola Bertoli, M.A., M.Sc., D.Phil.
Teacher(s):	doc. Paola Bertoli, M.A., M.Sc., D.Phil. Mgr. Lenka Šlegerová
Class:	Courses for incoming students

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Annotation -

Last update: Mgr. Lenka Šlegerová (08.09.2021)

The course introduces a number of econometric methods designed to study the behavior of economic agents with a specific focus on topics in applied health economics. For each model, the presentation of theoretical issues will be complemented by critical discussion and applications to a selection of case studies from recent applied health economics research.

Descriptors -

Last update: SCHNELLEROVA (18.11.2019)

Prospective course syllabus:

1. Introduction

- Identification strategies

- Data and measurement issues

2. Limited dependent variable models

- Linear probability models

- Logit and Probit models

3. Count data and duration models

- Censored and truncated models

- Two-part models

4. Casual effect methods (introduction)

- difference-in-differences estimation

- instrumental variable estimation

5. Spatial models

Course completion requirements - Czech

Last update: Mgr. Lenka Šlegerová (13.09.2021)

Please switch to the English version.

Literature -

Last update: PhDr. Petr Bednařík, Ph.D. (06.06.2020)

Main textbook for the course:

- Wooldridge, J. M. (2016, 2013). Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, Sixth or Fifth edition, Mason: Thompson South-Western.

- Cameron, C. and Trivedi, P. K. (2005). Microeconometrics: Methods and Applications, New York: Cambridge University Press.

- Cameron, C. and Trivedi, P. K. (2009). Microeconometrics Using Stata, College Station: Stata Press.

Useful reference for health economics applications: Jones, A. M., Rice, N., Bago d'Uva, T. and S. Balia (2007). Applied Health Economics, London: Roudledge.

Further references to academic papers with relevant health econometric applications will be provided during the course.

Requirements to the exam - Czech