Graduate Macro 1
This is the first sequence of the graduate macro course of the Master in Economics at Sciences Po. The first part of the course focuses on the economics of growth, the second part of the course looks at the labor market and unemployment, mainly through the search and matching model. Lecture notes and problem sets can be found on the course's Moodle page.
Part I: Economic growth
Part I: Economic growth
Topic 1.1: Growths facts & the Solow model
Topic 1.2: The neoclassical growth model
Topic 1.3: Overlapping generation models
Topic 1.4: Endogenous growth
Topic 1.5: The skill premium and directed technological change
Part II: The labor market and unemployment
Part II: The labor market and unemployment
Topic 2.1: Introduction and the basic search model
Topic 2.2: Search and matching with exogenous job destruction
Topic 2.3: Search and matching with endogenous job destruction