Advanced Economics Research Paper

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Use the following links to learn more about the research paper.

Timeline (due dates)

The rubric I will use to evaluate your paper

The document I will use to score your paper

Some exemplary research papers from past SAS students

Use these links to get you started in thinking about your RESEARCH QUESTION.

1. Read

   • Chapter 1 in Poor Economics (Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo)

   • This article: Poor Behaviour (Economist, December 2015)

2. Bookmark and explore the websites below: The blog (Let's Talk Development) by the World Bank's chief economist may give you ideas for a research question. The World Bank Report (Mind, Society, and Behavior) and the Poverty Action Lab's website below may help you in your research this semester.

   • Let's Talk Development blog

     • • This post from the blog describes the idea of "small miracles" in development, something we will discuss frequently this semester.

   • 2015 World Bank World Development Report from the World Bank

• • • Read this review (Mind, Society, and Behavior) for a quick summary of the report.

2. • Poverty Action Lab at MIT

• • • Poor Economics: Book website (here) and the website for the course that Professors Banerjee and Duflo teach at MIT (here).

Use the links below to access some examples of how students completed this process in the past: The linked documents below ultimately led to this final paper.

• Model Outline

• Model Digital Notecards