040036 UK Development Economics (MA) (2020W)
Track in Policy Evaluation
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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An/Abmeldung
Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Mo 14.09.2020 09:00 bis Mi 23.09.2020 12:00
- Abmeldung bis Sa 31.10.2020 12:00
Details
max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Montag
05.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Montag
12.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Montag
19.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Dienstag
20.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Dienstag
27.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Dienstag
03.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Montag
09.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Dienstag
10.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Montag
16.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Dienstag
17.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Montag
23.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Dienstag
24.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Montag
30.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Dienstag
01.12.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Montag
07.12.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Montag
14.12.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Dienstag
15.12.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Montag
11.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Dienstag
12.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Montag
18.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Dienstag
19.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Montag
25.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Digital
Montag
25.01.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 4 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Dienstag
26.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
The evaluation will be based on a final exam (40%), class presentations (40%) and quizzes (20%).
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
· Basic knowledge of Econometrics/ Statistics
· Basic knowledge of Microeconomic Theory
· Basic knowledge of Microeconomic Theory
Prüfungsstoff
· Poverty Traps and Nutrition
· Health
· Education
· Gender
· Democracy and political accountability
· Political Economy of Conflict
· Health
· Education
· Gender
· Democracy and political accountability
· Political Economy of Conflict
Literatur
Banerjee, Abhijit and Esther Duflo (2011). Poor Economics. Public Affairs, NY.
Subramanian, S. and Angus Deaton (1996). “The Demand for Food and Calories.” Journal of Political Economy 104(1), 133-162.Deaton, Angus. 2007. Height, health, and development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104.33:13232 – 13237.Fogel, Robert W. 1994, "Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology: The Bearing ofLong-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy", The American Economic Review. 84.3: 369-395.Baird, Sara, Joan Hicks, Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel (2016). “Worms at Work: Long-run Impacts of Child Health Gains”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(4), 1637–1680.Dupas P and E Miguel (2016). “Impacts and determinants of health levels in low-income countries.” NBER Working Paper 22235. http://www.nber.org/papers/w22235Hoddinott, Maluccio, Behrman, Flores and Martorell (2008). “Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults”. Lancet. 371, 411-416.Maccini, Sharon and Dean Yang (2009). “Under the weather: Health, schooling and economic consequences of early life rainfall.” American Economic Review 99(3), 1006-36.Beaman L, Esther Duflo, Rohini Pande and Petia Topalova (2012). “Female Leadership Raises Aspirations and Educational Attainment for Girls: A Policy Experiment in India” Science, Vol 335, 582-586.Duflo, E (2012). “Women Empowerment and Economic Development.” Journal of Economic Literature, 50(4), 1051-1079.Duflo, Esther. (2001). “Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of School Construction in Indonesia: Evidence from an Unusual Policy Experiment,” American Economic Review, 91(4), 795-813.Krueger, Alan and Mikael Lindahl. (2001). “Education for Growth: Why and For Whom?” Journal of Economic Literature, 39 (4), 1101-1136.Banerjee, Abhijit V., Shawn Cole, Esther Duflo, and Leigh Linden. (2007). “Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(3), 1235-1264.Dal Bó, Pedro, Andrew Foster, Louis Putterman (2010) "Institutions and Behavior: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Democracy", American Economic Review, 100(5), 2205-2229.Ferraz, Claudio, and Fred Finan. (2008). “Exposing Corruption politicians: The Effects of Brazil’s Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123(2), 703-745.Dube, Oeindrila and Juan Vargas (2011) “Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Colombia”. Review of Economic StudiesMiguel, Edward, Shanker Satyanath, and Ernest Sergenti. (2004). “Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: An Instrumental Variables Approach”, Journal of Political Economy, 112(4), 725-753.
Subramanian, S. and Angus Deaton (1996). “The Demand for Food and Calories.” Journal of Political Economy 104(1), 133-162.Deaton, Angus. 2007. Height, health, and development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104.33:13232 – 13237.Fogel, Robert W. 1994, "Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology: The Bearing ofLong-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy", The American Economic Review. 84.3: 369-395.Baird, Sara, Joan Hicks, Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel (2016). “Worms at Work: Long-run Impacts of Child Health Gains”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(4), 1637–1680.Dupas P and E Miguel (2016). “Impacts and determinants of health levels in low-income countries.” NBER Working Paper 22235. http://www.nber.org/papers/w22235Hoddinott, Maluccio, Behrman, Flores and Martorell (2008). “Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults”. Lancet. 371, 411-416.Maccini, Sharon and Dean Yang (2009). “Under the weather: Health, schooling and economic consequences of early life rainfall.” American Economic Review 99(3), 1006-36.Beaman L, Esther Duflo, Rohini Pande and Petia Topalova (2012). “Female Leadership Raises Aspirations and Educational Attainment for Girls: A Policy Experiment in India” Science, Vol 335, 582-586.Duflo, E (2012). “Women Empowerment and Economic Development.” Journal of Economic Literature, 50(4), 1051-1079.Duflo, Esther. (2001). “Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of School Construction in Indonesia: Evidence from an Unusual Policy Experiment,” American Economic Review, 91(4), 795-813.Krueger, Alan and Mikael Lindahl. (2001). “Education for Growth: Why and For Whom?” Journal of Economic Literature, 39 (4), 1101-1136.Banerjee, Abhijit V., Shawn Cole, Esther Duflo, and Leigh Linden. (2007). “Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(3), 1235-1264.Dal Bó, Pedro, Andrew Foster, Louis Putterman (2010) "Institutions and Behavior: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Democracy", American Economic Review, 100(5), 2205-2229.Ferraz, Claudio, and Fred Finan. (2008). “Exposing Corruption politicians: The Effects of Brazil’s Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123(2), 703-745.Dube, Oeindrila and Juan Vargas (2011) “Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Colombia”. Review of Economic StudiesMiguel, Edward, Shanker Satyanath, and Ernest Sergenti. (2004). “Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: An Instrumental Variables Approach”, Journal of Political Economy, 112(4), 725-753.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:12
The topics we will put more emphasize on are aspects of health, conflict, and political economy.
The focus will be on empirical results and methodologies, requiring a good working knowledge of econometrics. The students should have a solid understanding of the material on cross-section econometrics.