The MAE program addresses itself to the needs of three kinds of students: (1) those who want advanced training in economics in order to qualify for jobs in government or private organizations that require greater expertise than is provided by an undergraduate degree, (2) those who wish to study economics as a complement to their work in another field, and (3) those who need further background in economics, math, or statistics, or who need to certify their ability to do graduate work in economics, in order to gain admission to a Ph.D. program. For the second group, dual programs, including in some cases dual degrees, can combine economics with public health, social work, law, natural resources, demography, industrial relations, statistics, business administration, and other fields.
密歇根大学安娜堡分校的经济学项目主要适合三种人：一、为了将来工作需要想要接受进一步的经济学训练的;二、以前没有过而现在想要系统性地完整地学习经济学的;三、为了进一步的学术研究，攻读PhD而进行经济学专业背景上的准备。
杜克大学也对其MAE的适用性做了一定的说明。
The Duke Economics MA is designed to be one of the most quantitative of all North American masters’ programs. It aims for a narrow segment of the market:
Students preparing for PhD programs, either by taking advanced mathematics, statistics, and theory, or gaining intuition and exposure to economic issues;
Students preparing for careers in technical financial analysis;
Mid-career research economists seeking to brush up on econometric and modeling skills, and to undertake a research sabbatical;
Aspiring lawyers who want to gain a solid grounding in game theory, microeconomics, econometrics, and cost-benefit analysis; and
Aspiring policy analysts seeking to gain modeling and econometric skills prior to embarking on a career in government, think-tanks, or consulting.
杜克大学的经济学项目主要适合五种人
为了攻读PhD而想要接受数理方面的系统训练;
想要从事金融工程分析性工作的学生;
想要提高计量和建模能力的经济学家;
想要获得博弈论，微观经济和计量经济综合背景的律师;
想要获得政府职位、参谋和顾问职位而接受建模和计量方面训练的政策分析者。
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