Topics in Appl. Empirical Economics
Lukas Mogge
Information for students
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 should send an email to the instructors (lukas.mogge@rwi-essen.de and julian.roeckert@rwi-essen.de) to register, briefly explaining their interest in the course. The course language is English.
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Suggested reading
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.
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