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ECON 240.00 Microeconomics of Development 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 12, Waitlist: 0
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- East Asian Supporting
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- Economics Major Elective
Synonym: 61339
This course explores household behavior in developing countries. We will cover areas including fertility decisions, health and mortality, investment in education, the intra-household allocation of resources, household structure, and the marriage market. We will also look at the characteristics of land, labor, and credit markets, particularly technology adoption; land tenure and tenancy arrangements; the role of agrarian institutions in the development process; and the impacts of alternative politics and strategies in developing countries. The course complements Economics 241.
Prerequisite: Economics 111
ECON 268.00 Economics of Cost Benefit Analysis 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 11, Waitlist: 0
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Synonym: 62377
Cost-benefit analysis is a tool commonly used by economists and policy makers to compare and choose among competing policy options. This course will cover the basic theory and empirical techniques necessary to quantify and aggregate the impacts of government policy, especially as related to the environment. Topics covered include the time value of money; uncertainty; sensitivity analysis; option value; contingent valuation; hedonic estimation; basic research design. Throughout the course case studies will be used to elucidate and bring life to the theoretical concepts.
Prerequisite: Economics 111. Some statistics background will be useful.
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