The objective of this course is to familiarize students with recent research on socio-economic development. By socio-economic development, I mean improvements of broad indicators of development such as health, education, and poverty. Though the course title has a word theory, I emphasize empirical literature because almost all students write their thesis based on empirical analysis.
Basic knowledge of microeconomics and econometrics is desirable. I will give brief review of econometrics in 2nd and 3rd lectures.
A list of reference and additional readings are given at the end of each lecture slide. After each lecture, you are required to review the lecture slides and your notes to ensure your understanding, and read academic papers explained in the lecture and/or additional papers of your research interest.
The course grade will be based on participation in classroom discussions, student presentations/ assignments, and a final take-home examination. (Student presentations may be replaced by assignments.)
Measurement of Poverty I: World Poverty Counts and Poverty Lines
Measurement of Poverty III: FGT Measure, Watts Measure, and Dominance Approach
I used DASP, an add-on package for distributive analysis in Stata, for computer sessions in this course. DASP was developed by Araar Abdelkrim and Jean-Yves Duclos, but not updated since 2013. Here are files for computer sessions and computer assignments: