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040036 KU Development Economics (MA) (2021W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 13.09.2021 09:00 to Th 23.09.2021 12:00
- Registration is open from Mo 27.09.2021 09:00 to We 29.09.2021 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 15.10.2021 23:59
Details
max. 50 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 06.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 07.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 13.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 14.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 20.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 21.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 27.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 28.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 03.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 04.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 10.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 11.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 17.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 18.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 24.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 25.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 01.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 02.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Thursday 09.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 15.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 16.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 12.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 13.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 19.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 20.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
- Wednesday 26.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Thursday 27.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
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
· Basic knowledge of Microeconomic Theory
Examination topics
· 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
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/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.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: 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.