Steckbrief Kolloquium "Gesundheit und Bevölkerung"
| General Features | |
|---|---|
| Title | Kolloquium "Gesundheit und Bevölkerung" |
| Research focus homepage | See link and Stud.IP |
| Reference number | 375016 / 77788 |
| Semester | Winter Term 22/23 |
| Kick-Off-Event | October 27 2022 - 14.30-15.30 pm | Venue: 1507-005 |
| Rhythm of the event | Summer and winter term |
| Contents | Participating students are required to compose a term paper on a selected presentation/paper of the colloquium "Health and Population". The aforementioned term paper consists of an "article critique" of the underlying paper being presented. The colloquium allows the students to discuss with external researchers and to analyze current research and state-of-the-art methods in empirical health and population economics. Knowledge of econometrics, in particular causal estimation methods is helpful. Attendance is compulsory. |
| Target Audience | MSc Wiwi PO 2012 Major Health Economics, MSc Wiwi PO 2018 Area Health Economics |
| Slot Number | 10 |
Language | English |
| Venue | 1507-005 (Broadcast via Webex, in case an appointment should take place online. If necessary, link is made available via Stud.IP) |
| Practice Partners | Not applicable |
| Requirements and Support | |
| Objective | Participation is intended to sharpen the students' critical thinking skills by writing a critical statement on a research paper. This explicitly includes the review of the empirical literature. |
| Required prior knowledge | Knowledge of econometrics, in particular causal analysis, and health economics |
| Supporting course for an introduction to scientific work | Course "introduction to scientific writing" (in German) via BBB and ILIAS (compare Stud.IP "Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten") |
| Formal requirements | See "Leitfaden" issued by the Institute of Health Economics |
| General Literature |
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| Basic literature as an introduction to each topic | Will be provided |
| Methodology | Article critique |
| Special software used | Not applicable |
| Recommended word processing software | At the students' discretion (Microsoft Word, LaTex) |
| Term paper page count | Required page count is fixed during kick-off event |
| Discussion of outline | Upon appointment |
| Performance requirements | 100% term paper, no presentation, attendance is compulsory |
| Assessor | Prof. Dr. Annika Herr |
| Contact Person | Prof. Dr. Annika Herr or David Probst |
| Group Work and Assignment of Topics | |
| Group work | Not applicable |
| Group size | Not applicable |
| Group composition procedure | Not applicable |
| Topics | See link |
| Topic allocation procedure | Individual arrangement |
| Type of pre-registration | Individual arrangement |
| Schedule | |
| Stud.IP Signup | Active |
| Pre-registration / application | Individual arrangement or Stud.IP querry |
| Preliminary discussion / topic presentation / kick-off meeting | 27.10.22 - 14.30 -15.30 pm. Venue :1507-005 (Conti-Campus) |
| Topic assignment | Individual arrangement or Stud.IP querry |
| Binding registration | After topic assignment |
| Start of processing term paper | After presentation has been held |
| Term paper submission | 31.01.2023 |
| Presentation submission | Not applicable |
| Presentation event | Not applicable |
