Università Roma Tre

The aim of the course is to provide students with the techniques and tools for the collection, management, organization and processing of data relating to the labor market and the welfare system. The course aims to provide the basics of data management techniques and to ensure practical training aimed at using specific software (including Excel and Stata). The lessons will also be carried out through practical exercises on the main sources of data aggregated in time series, spatial series and sample microdata. The main problems relating to the collection of data on the Internet (web scraping) and the creation of surveys using online questionnaires will also be addressed.
Indications will be provided for the understanding and autonomous elaboration of empirical analyzes of some economic phenomena relating to the labor market and the welfare system in Italy. Particular attention will be paid to data visualization techniques through the use of Tableau software. Some first foundations for measuring and simulating policy alternatives in the areas of interest of the course will also be provided."