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50877-01 - Lecture: Economics of Global Health 3 CP

Semester spring semester 2023
Course frequency Every spring sem.
Lecturers Günther Fink (guenther.fink@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Content This class examines health issues in developing countries from the standpoint of applied economics. Specific topics include: (1) identifying the bi-directional relationship between health and economic growth; (2) understanding key economic challenges to improving individual and global health; and (3) recognizing differences between optimal health decisions from an individual, national and global perspective. We will examine the empirical evidence in support of interventions affecting health, including the success and failure of interventions that target infant mortality, diarrhea, worms, AIDS, and malaria. We will also investigate the role of health insurance as well as different approaches to deliver health care in resource-constrained settings.
Comments Prof. Günther Fink is Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Household Economics at the University of Basel, Head of the Household Economics and Health Systems Research Unit at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel, and Adjunct Professor of International Health Economics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, as well as a Master’s in applied economics from the University of Michigan.
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Admission requirements Familiarity with intermediate economic theory and econometrics—including consumer theory, income and substitution effects, producer theory, experimental design, instrumental variables, and difference-in-differences estimation is required.
Course application Registration: Please enrol in MOnA. Enrolment = Registration for the exam! A deregistration is possible until April 24, 2023 at the latest by email, including the completed exam cancellation form, which can be found on the homepage, to belegungstorno-wwz-at-unibas.ch.
Language of instruction English
Use of digital media No specific media used

 

Interval weekly
Date 05.04.2023 – 31.05.2023
Time Monday, 12.15-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S5 HG.54
Wednesday, 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Date Time Room
Wednesday 05.04.2023 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Monday 10.04.2023 12.15-14.00 Ostern
Wednesday 12.04.2023 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Monday 17.04.2023 12.15-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S5 HG.54
Wednesday 19.04.2023 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Monday 24.04.2023 12.15-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S5 HG.54
Wednesday 26.04.2023 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Monday 01.05.2023 12.15-14.00 Tag der Arbeit
Wednesday 03.05.2023 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Monday 08.05.2023 12.15-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S5 HG.54
Wednesday 10.05.2023 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Monday 15.05.2023 12.15-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S5 HG.54
Wednesday 17.05.2023 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S16 HG.39
Monday 22.05.2023 12.15-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S5 HG.54
Wednesday 24.05.2023 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Monday 29.05.2023 12.15-14.00 Pfingstmontag
Wednesday 31.05.2023 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32
Modules Module: Core Competences in Economics (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development)
Module: Field Electives in Economics and Public Policy (Master's Studies: Economics and Public Policy)
Module: Policy Field: Health and Labor (Master's Studies: Economics and Public Policy)
Module: Specific Electives in International Business, Trade and the Environment (Master's Studies: Business and Economics)
Specialization Module: International Trade, Growth and the Environment (Master's Studies: Business and Economics (Start of studies before 01.08.2021))
Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Global Ageing and Health (Master's Studies: European Global Studies)
Assessment format record of achievement
Assessment details Class Structure:
This class is centered on two or three readings from the health and economics literatures chosen for each session. The instructor will go over the readings in class, present key theoretical and empirical elements and expects students to challenge the methods and findings of the papers presented.

Grading:
The grade of this class has the following three components:
Class participation: 30 percent
Final exam: 70 percent

Class participation: Students are expected to have read articles on the reading list prior to class, and to be able to 1) answer specific questions about these articles and 2) critically assess the general approach and message of the articles discussed.

written exam: 31.5.23; 14:15.

Assessment registration/deregistration Reg.: course registr.; dereg.: Office of the Dean of Studies
Repeat examination no repeat examination
Scale 1-6 0,1
Repeated registration as often as necessary
Responsible faculty Faculty of Business and Economics , studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch
Offered by Faculty of Business and Economics

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