ECON 3440 - TOPICS IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces topics at the frontier of development economics. Lectures and readings will review empirical methods, some seminal papers and current open questions in the field. The goal is for students to learn how to (1) identify gaps in the existing literature, (2) design and implement valid identification strategies, and (3) interpret empirical findings. The first half of the course covers micro-based issues including health and education; credit and savings; labor markets; and behavioral development economics. The second half takes a micro-macro approach and studies long run persistence of bad and good institutions; the impact of social media in autocracies on growth and corruption; quantifying the value and impact of political connections; and the functioning and impact of state-owned firms.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis

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