Bachelor in Economics: Behavior, Data and Policy

Economics: Behavior, Data and Policy is a three-year bachelor's program taught in English at Università degli Studi di Milano, in Milano, Italy. The program falls within the broader discipline of economics, which studies how individuals, firms and governments make decisions about the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services under conditions of scarcity. A curriculum framed around behavior, data and policy typically combines core economic theory, including microeconomics and macroeconomics, with behavioral economics, which examines how psychological factors influence economic decision-making, and with quantitative methods such as statistics, econometrics and data analysis used to test economic hypotheses and evaluate policy outcomes. Students generally also study mathematics as applied to economic modeling, along with public economics and policy analysis, which look at how governments design and assess interventions such as taxation, welfare programs and regulation. Coursework may extend to labor economics, industrial organization or the economics of institutions, depending on how the program is structured. Graduates with this kind of training typically move into roles in economic analysis, public policy, data analytics, banking and consulting, working for government agencies, international organizations, research institutes, financial institutions or private companies that require quantitative and policy-oriented economic expertise. Others continue into graduate study in economics, public policy or data science. Milano is one of Italy's main economic and financial centers, and economics programs based there often benefit from proximity to businesses, banks and policy institutions operating in the city. Delivered in English, this bachelor's program is intended for students, including those from outside Italy, who want to study economics with an emphasis on behavioral insight, empirical data and policy application.