Economics Social and behavioural sciences Economics is the study of economic policy, economic theory and economic decisionmaking. Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here: - Econometrics - Economic history - Economics - Political economics Study of economics where emphasis is given to business studies is excluded from this detailed field and classified under 041 'Business and administration'. Study of home economics is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field 1011 'Domestic services'.