WiSe 24/25: Aktuelle Themen der Entwicklungsökonomie
Lukas Mogge
Hinweise für Studierende
The assessment consists of (i) presenting a scientific paper and (ii) term paper (Hausarbeit, ca. 12 Seiten). The maximum number of participants is limited to 15. Interested participants must send an email to the instructors (lukas.mogge@rwi-essen.de and julian.roeckert@rwi-essen.de) by September 30, 2024, explaining their interest and outlining their thematic and methodological background. The course language is English.
SchließenKommentar
The seminar offers participants first-hand experience with current applied research in the field of development economics. It is offered in cooperation with the Economic Policy Lab "Climate Change, Development, and Migration" at RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research. Following two introductory sessions, we will join the seminar series of the Development Economics Network Berlin (DeNeB, http://www.deveconberlin.org/), where national and international researchers present their latest research papers every two weeks. To prepare for each lecture, we will critically analyze the presenters' working papers, evaluating both the content and methodology. The research papers discussed will primarily follow a (micro-)econometric approach, so prior experience with empirical methods courses is highly recommended.
SchließenLiteraturhinweise
Reading list of research papers will be made available for registered participants. For the indroductory sessions, the following readings are mandatory: 1) The Economist. 2024. How poor Kenyans became economists' guinea pigs. 2) Banerjee, Abhijit, and Esther Duflo. 2012. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty. Introduction. PublicAffairs. 3) Reddy, Sanjay G. 2012. “Randomise This! On Poor Economics.” Review of Agrarian Studies 2 (2): 60–73. 4) Rodrik, Dani. 2008. “The New Development Economics: We Shall Experiment, but How Shall We Learn?” 5) Deaton, Angus. 2010. “Instruments, Randomization, and Learning about Development.” Journal of Economic Literature 48 (2): 424–55.
Schließen16 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung