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Development Economics:Advanced

Numbering Code G-ECON31 6A536 LE43 Year/Term 2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language English Day/Period Thu.1
Instructor name KOUNO HISAKI (Graduate School of Economics Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course This course will cover current issues in development economics research, following Development Economics: Core offered in the last semester. Through lectures and homework assignments, we will learn how to apply economics and econometrics for analyzing a wide range of problems in developing countries. The homework assignment includes empirical exercises using Stata or R.

The final goal of this course is to facilitate your own research. With this aim, students are required to make presentations on their own research proposals/results at the end of the course.
Course Goals - To be familiar with current topics in development economics.
- To be able to understand the required assumptions in empirical studies.
- To be able to identify the appropriate empirical framework for a given research question with available data set.
- To be able to implement empirical studies using statistical software.
- To initiate own research.
Schedule and Contents We will cover the following topics in Development Economics II:

1-2. Household Economics
3-4. Firms
5-6. Technology Adoption
7-8. Market Transactions
9-10. History, Institutions, and Development
11-12. Student presentations (1)
13-14. Multisector Models and Misallocation
15. Student presentations (2)

Students are also required to make two presentations on (1) recent papers published in top journals, and (2) your prospective research plan.
Evaluation Methods and Policy Problem set (30%); Presentation (50%); Class participation (20%)
Course Requirements Graduate level core courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. Students are required to complete Development Economics: Core.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Students are required to learn how to use Stata or R to solve the homework assignment. The introductory session will be provided in the class, but we do not have enough time to cover a wide range of Stata or R functions.
References, etc. Development Microeconomics, Bardhan, P. and Udry, C., (Oxford University Press)
Development Economics: Theory and Practice, de Janvry, A. and Sadoulet, E., (Routledge)
Reading list will be distributed at the first class meeting.
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