Listed in: Economics, as ECON-410
Prakarsh Singh (Section 01)
The course aims to study the latest research on topics in development economics. It will focus on both randomized experiments as well as some of the classic microeconomic empirical papers on topics such as health, education, corruption, labor, microfinance and social capital. Students will be required to read and comment on published or working papers every week. Class participation and peer discussions will be incentivized. The final project will involve each student answering a question in development economics employing empirical analysis on micro-level data sets already available.
Requisite: Economics 360/361 or permission of instructor. Limited to 15 students. Spring semester. Professor Singh.
Section 01
M 02:30 PM - 03:50 PM CONV 308
W 02:30 PM - 03:50 PM CONV 308