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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Causality
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DSS Ch 5
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January 28
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Rstudio and Quarto Workshop
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Week 4
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February 2
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Democracy and Autocracy
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Przeworski 2024, Grossman et. al., 2021
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February 4
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Democracy and Development
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Acemoglu et. al., 2008
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Week 5
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February 9
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Final Project Overview
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No readings
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February 11
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Linear Regression and Uncertainty
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DSS Ch 3 and 4
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Week 6
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February 16
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Representation and Accountability
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Manin, Przeworski, and Stokes, 1999; Ferraz and Finan, 2011
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February 18
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Representation and Accountability Reconsidered
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Dunning et. al. 2019
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Week 7
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February 23
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Github Workshop
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No readings
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February 25
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Github Workshop
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No readings
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Week 8
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March 2
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Crime and Punishment
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Bateson, 2012; Weaver and Lerman, 2010
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March 4
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Crime and Punishment 2
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Gustavo A. Flores-Macías and Jessica Zarkin, 2024
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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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Gender
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Chattopadhyay and Duflo, 2004
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March 18
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Migration
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Rozo and Grossman (2025); Sviatschi (2022); Gazeaud (2020)
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Week 11
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March 23
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Final Project Essentials
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No readings
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March 25
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Text as Data workshop
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No readings
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Week 12
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March 30
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State Capacity (Guest: Nagawa)
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Bessley et al. (2022); Fukuyama (2013); Rothstein et al., (2008); Persson et al. (1997)
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April 1
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Final Project Preparation
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No readings
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Week 13
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April 6
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Foreign Aid and NGOs 1 (JS)
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Briggs (2016); Briggs (2021)
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April 8
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Foreign Aid and NGOs 2 (JS)
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Cruz (2017); Bold et al. (2018)
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Week 14
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April 13
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Conflict and Development
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April 15
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Conflict and Development 2
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Week 15
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April 20
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Climate and Development
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O’Brien-Udry (2023)
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April 22
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Climate and Development 2 (JS)
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Namrata (2023); Alberto et al. (2022)
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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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