Education (Class #2)

HOMEWORK

1. Be prepared to discuss the question of the day. 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.

2. Videos 1-3 (below): Will deepen your understanding of Chapter 4, but not required (optional).

3. Readings 1-3 (below): Will deepen your understanding of Chapter 4, but not required (optional).

ACTIVITIES

Question of the Day: What strategies and institutions do the poor in India use to gain access to education?

• 1. Discussion with Hopkins

  2. Work on social enterprise project with Smith

RESOURCES

Poor Economics Website

1. Data set: This 18-country data set may give you evidence to support your ideas.

2. Studies: These studies may help you prepare too.

Videos

1. Education: Setting the Stage

2. 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

3. Education: The Man Made Trap

Readings

1. Easterly, William. "Educated for What?" In The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics

2. 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.

3. Banerjee, Abhijit, Shawn Cole, et al. "Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India." (

4. PDF). The Quarterly Journal of Economics 122, no. 3 (2007): 1235–64.