Universität Wien

040036 UK Development Economics (MA) (2020W)

Track in Policy Evaluation

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 05.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 20.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Tuesday 27.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Tuesday 03.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 10.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 17.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 24.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 01.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 15.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 12.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 19.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 25.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 25.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 4 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Tuesday 26.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course provides an introduction to the microeconomics of development. The goal is to familiarize the students with the main research questions and methods in development economics.
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.

Assessment and permitted materials

The evaluation will be based on a final exam (40%), class presentations (40%) and quizzes (20%).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

· Basic knowledge of Econometrics/ Statistics
· Basic knowledge of Microeconomic Theory

Examination topics

· Poverty Traps and Nutrition
· Health
· Education
· Gender
· Democracy and political accountability
· Political Economy of Conflict

Reading list

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/w22235

Hoddinott, 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 Studies

Miguel, Edward, Shanker Satyanath, and Ernest Sergenti. (2004). “Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: An Instrumental Variables Approach”, Journal of Political Economy, 112(4), 725-753.

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