Below is the schedule for the semester. You can find the materials for each course meeting under the “Content” links for that week. You should complete the required readings before each meeting.
Here’s a guide to the schedule:
- Materials (): This page contains the readings and slides for the meeting
- Workshop (): A link to the workshop for that week
- Assignment (): This page contains the instructions for each assignment
The readings refer to following texts:
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Title
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Reading
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Materials
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Workshop
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Assignment
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Week 1
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January 14
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Introduction to the course
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Week 2
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January 19
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MLK Jr. Day (no classes)
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January 21
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Correlation vs. Causation
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DSS Ch 2
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Week 3
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January 26
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No class (weather)
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January 28
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Causality
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DSS Ch 5
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Week 4
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February 2
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Rstudio and Quarto Workshop
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February 4
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Democracy and Autocracy
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Przeworski 2024, Grossman et. al., 2021
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Week 5
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February 9
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Introduction to OLS
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DSS Ch 4
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February 11
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Democracy and Development
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Acemoglu et. al., 2008
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Week 6
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February 16
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Final Project Overview
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No readings
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February 18
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Representation and Accountability
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Bjrkman and Svensson, 2009
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Week 7
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February 23
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No class
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February 25
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Accountability: Scope Conditions
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Ferraz and Finan, 2011; Chong et. al., 2015
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Week 8
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March 2
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Github Workshop
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No readings
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March 4
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Sampling and Uncertainty
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DSS Ch 3
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Week 9
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March 9
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Spring Break
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March 11
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Spring Break
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Week 10
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March 16
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Crime and Punishment
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Bateson, 2012; Weaver and Lerman, 2010
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March 18
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Crime and Punishment 2
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Gustavo A. Flores-Macas and Jessica Zarkin, 2024
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Week 11
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March 23
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Gender
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Chattopadhyay and Duflo, 2004
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March 25
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Migration
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Rozo and Grossman (2025); Sviatschi (2022); Gazeaud (2020)
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Week 12
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March 30
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Final Project Essentials
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No readings
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April 1
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Text as Data workshop
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No readings
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Week 13
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April 6
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Final Project Preparation
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No readings
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April 8
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Foreign Aid and NGOs 1 (JS)
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Briggs (2016); Briggs (2021)
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Week 14
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April 13
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Foreign Aid and NGOs 2 (JS)
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Cruz (2017); Bold et al. (2018)
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April 15
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Conflict and Development
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Week 15
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April 20
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Conflict and Development 2
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April 22
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Climate and Development
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O’Brien-Udry (2023)
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Week 16
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April 27
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What is development?
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Assorted short pieces
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April 29
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Final Project Due
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