Economics - behavior, data and policy The University of Milan

Overview

This knowledge is aimed at developing the ability to produce analysis and research in all the fields of economics. Students will acquire the ability to analyze the behavioral mechanisms that lead individuals to make decisions that influence the organization and functioning of markets. 

At the same time, they will understand economic systems, also from an international perspective, and the policies that regulate them.

Key Features

The Bachelor's Degree Programme in Economics - behavior, data and policy at The University of Milan also aims to provide critical awareness of social issues in contemporary reality, which are closely related to economic development, like public policies to counter inequality.

The programme also offers an applied approach, with constant use of data analysis, and includes innovative branches of economics such as behavioral economics and experimental methods. The programme's strongly internationally-oriented perspective is finally granted by the use of English as language of instruction.

The first two years of the study programme aim to ensure basic knowledge in different disciplines, with a training in quantitative methods and the development of reasoning and critical thinking skills.

Career and employment

The Degree Programme in Economics: Behavior, Data and Policy aims to train the following professional figures.

• Profile: Data Technician

Function in a work context: assist specialists in experimental research and in demographic, epidemiological, social and economic surveys; verify and apply research and data acquisition procedures; quality control of collected data and statistical processing and analysis of the data.

Skills associated with the function: solid quantitative and methodological basis for collecting data and conducting statistical analysis.

Employment outlets: enterprises, public and private organizations.

• Profile: Market Analyst

Function in a work context: to assist specialists in defining marketing strategies; carry out researches on consumer reactions and market conditions; evaluate commercial penetration opportunities for products or services; identify competitive situations, prices and types of consumers; apply established procedures to collect relevant information; organize and analyse collected information, and present it in a relevant and meaningful way to specialists and managers.

Skills associated with the function: solid quantitative basis for conducting statistical analysis, in-depth knowledge of market systems and behavioral mechanisms of consumer choices.

Employment outlets: enterprises, public and private organizations.