Advanced Developement Economics
Diese Vorlesung wird von Prof. Axel Dreher, Prof. Marcela Ibáñez Díaz und Prof. Stephan Klasen gehalten.
Teaching assistants:
Isis Gaddis
Jan Priebe
Termine:
Beschreibung
This course provides an overview over critical issues in development economics at the graduate level. The course will first focus on conceptualising and measuring development, after which macroeconomic perspectives will be considered. Thereafter the course will shift to microeconomic perspectives and will investigate issues of health, education, credit, and insurance. The last part of the course will then examine the political economy of development.
Ablaufplan:
1. Measuring Development and Poverty (Klasen)
2. Field Experiments and Development (Ibanez)
3. Macro Vicious Cycles (Klasen)
4. Geography versus Institutions (Dreher)
5. Aid and Development (Dreher)
6. Aid and Development (Dreher)
7. Growth Inequality and Poverty Linkages (Klasen)
8. Collective action (Ibanez)
9. Risk and Uncertainty (Ibanez)
10. Risk Sharing (Ibanez)
11. Natural Resources (Dreher)
12. Gender Bias (Klasen)
Schedule:
09:00-10:30: Topic 1
11:00-12:30: Topic 2
14:00-15:30: Topic 3
16:00-17:30: Tutorial 1
09:00-10:30: Topic 4
11:00-12:30: Topic 5
14:00-15:30: Tutorial 2
16:00-17:30: Tutorial 3
09:00-10:30: Topic 6
11:00-12:30: Topic 7
14:00-15:30: Topic 8
16:00-17:30: Tutorial 4
09:00-10:30: Topic 9
11:00-12:30: Topic 10
14:00-15:30: Topic 11
16:00-17:30: Tutorial 5
09:00-10:30: Topic 12
11:00-12:30: Tutorial 6
14:00-15:30: Tutorial 7
Syllabus
Informationen zur Vorlesung (UniVZ)
Evaluation der Vorlesung
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