Education (Class #3)
HOMEWORK
Be prepared to discuss the question of the day (These lecture notes might help you get some ideas for today's discussion.). Read at least one of the studies linked on this page and and be prepared to tell the class how it relates to the question of the day.
Video 1 (below): Will deepen your understanding of Chapter 4, but not required (optional).
Readings 1-2 (below): Will deepen your understanding of Chapter 4, but not required (optional).
ACTIVITIES
Question of the Day: What solutions are there to the problem of inadequate education in India?
Discussion with Hopkins
Work on social enterprise project with Smith
RESOURCES
Poor Economics Website
Data set: This 18-country data set may give you evidence to support your ideas.
Studies: These studies may help you prepare too.
Videos
Is it Possible to Deliver Quality Education to the Poor (The Pratham-JPAL Partnership)
Watch this related video for a preview of what's in the reading
Readings
Easterly, William. "Educated for What?" In The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
Case, Anne. "The Primacy of Education." In Understanding Poverty. Edited by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Roland Benabou, and Dilip Mookherjee. Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780195305203.
Banerjee, Abhijit, Shawn Cole, et al. "Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India." (
PDF). The Quarterly Journal of Economics 122, no. 3 (2007): 1235–64.