CPS - 009 - Professional Training: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Non-Market Valuation and Empirical Methods
Course Description
The professional development course seeks to provide working professionals with the tools they need to interpret, set up and implement cost-benefit analysis of public sector issues, estimate monetary values of services that are not bought-and-sold and conduct data analysis and conduct impact evaluation of programs. Examples of topics to which participants may apply the tools learned include land use, infrastructure investments, equity policies, environmental protection, and public recreation.
The professional development course is offered once per week over four full days, and includes lectures and discussion with course faculty members, as well as small group sessions. Application of the methods learned during the course is discussed in small-group sessions supported by Portland State University graduate students. Participants are required to bring an application or case study from their own work that could potentially be addressed during the professional development course. These applications and cases studies are analyzed using the methods presented in the course, with advising from course faculty and input from fellow participants and Portland State University graduate students.
What You Cover
Workshop Topics:
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Empirical Methods
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Data manipulation and descriptive statistics
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Effective graphs and maps
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Linear and nonparametric estimation
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Theory and limits of cost-benefit analysis
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Linear models of costs and benefits
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Conducting cost-benefit analysis with limited data
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Discounting and decision-making under uncertainty
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Non-Market Valuation and Impact Evaluation
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Ecosystem services and the need for non-market valuation
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Revealed preference methods
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Stated preference methods
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Impact Evaluation
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Notes
Registration:
Registration fee is $3,000 / participant. For organizations sending more than one participant, there is a discounted registration fee of $2,000 for the second, third, etc. participant. When registering multiple individuals from one organization, email publicservice@pdx.edu with the names of the individuals and your organization for a discount code.
Refunds and Cancellations:
View the full policy here: www.pdx.edu/cps/course-withdrawal-and-tuition-refund-policy
Prerequisites
Participants should be professionals working in government, NGO's and the private sector.