Outline
1. Empirical Methods
- Lecture slides
- Required Readings:
Banerjee, Abhijit and Esther Duflo, 2008, "The Experimental Approach to Development Economics", CEPR Discussion Papers 7037, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Heckman, James J., 1991, "Randomization and Social Policy Evaluation", NBER Technical Working Papers 0107, National Bureau of Economic Research
Rodrik, Dani, 2008, "The New Development Economics: We Shall Experiment, but How Shall We Learn?", Working Paper Series rwp08-055, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
2. Education
- Lecture slides
- Required Readings:
Case, Anne and Angus Deaton, 1999. "School inputs and educational outcomes in South Africa", The Quarterly Journal of Economics 14, no. 3
Duflo, Esther and Rema Hanna, 2005. "Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School", NBER Working Papers 11880, National Bureau of Economic Research
Lloyd Cynthia, and Ann Blanc, 1996. "Children's Schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Fathers, Mothers, and Others", Population and Development Review, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 265-298
3. Health
- Lecture slides
- Required Readings:
Thornton, Rebecca, 2008. "The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status", American Economic Review, 98:5, 1829-1863
- Stata Exercise, Data and Solutions on Thornton's paper