ECON 415Evidence-Based Policy Analysis in Labor, Public, and Health Economics
Economics · 4 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Limited to Master of Applied Economics students. Introduction to key policy questions in labor, public, and health economics, including health care, education, unemployment, training programs, and welfare. Economic principles at heart of these topics and main approaches to scientifically evaluate policies that affect them, including data, current case evidence, cutting-edge empirical methods, and their relation to microeconomic theory.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.