AØKK08072U Seminar: Development Economics and Microeconometrics
MSc of Economics
The seminar is primarily for students at the MSc of
Economics
The seminar will focus on the scope and difficulties of doing applied work with microdata from a developing country. It will give the participants hands-on experience with household panel data from Uganda. Within the limitations of the data, the student will be free to choose a topic. This could both be survey-related such as the construction of poverty measures or the role of measurement error, or it could be related to the content exploring agricultural choices, household composition, etc. with special attention to the challenges related to establishing causal effects.
At the end of the seminar, the student is expected to be able to:
- phrase a research question which can be answered given the constraints of the available data
- perform an econometric analysis using household data from a developing country
- carefully interpret the results from the econometric analysis
- structure a coherent paper.
Background literature for the econometric analysis:
- Angrist and Pischke (2009) Mostly Harmless Econometrics
- Deaton (1997) The analysis of household surveys: A microeconometrics approach to development policy
- Wooldridge (2002) Econometric analysis of cross section and panel data
Further readings will be specific to the choice of research question.
It is furthermore an advantage to follow or have taken: Advanced Development Economics (Micro Aspects) and Advanced Microeconometrics
Lecture 1: Monday February 8st, 10.15-12.00
Lecture 2: Monday February 15th, 10.15-12.00
- Category
- Hours
- Project work
- 186
- Seminar
- 20
- Total
- 206
for enrolled students. More information about registration, schedule, rules, courses etc. can be found at the student intranet (KUnet) for courses (English) and student intranet (KUnet) for courses (Danish).
More information about seminars is available in KUnet for Study Programme (UK) and Study Programme (DK).
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentA written seminar paper.
Included in the seminar is an oral presentation for the others participans at the seminar of 30 min presentation and 15 min discussion for individual presentations, 45 min presentation and 15 min discussion for groups of two. - Exam registration requirements
Attendance on the seminar. The mandatory commitment paper and seminar paper have been handed in at deadline.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
Al aids for the written seminarpaper.
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
up to 20 % censorship at the seminarpaper
- Exam period
Deadline for handing in research question: Monday February 29th
Student presentations: In the period April 18th – April 29th (Exact dates will be ageed on in Lecture 1)
Deadline for handing in term paper: Wednesday May 18th at 12.00 (noon)
For enrolled students more information about examination, exam/re-sit, rules etc. is available at the student intranet for Examination (English) and student intranet for Examination (KA-Danish).
- Re-exam
Submission of a written assignmetn and an oral exam in which you may be examined in the presentations of the other students participating in the seminar during the enrolment period in question.
Criteria for exam assesment
The student must in a satisfactory way demonstrate that he/she has mastered the learning outcome of the course.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- AØKK08072U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- Spring (Week 6-21)
- Study board
- Department of Economics, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Economics
Course responsibles
- Anna Folke Larsen (3-656a704469677372326f7932686f)