Schedule

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:

The readings refer to following texts:

Date Title Reading Materials Workshop Assignment
Week 1
January 14 Introduction to the course
Week 2
January 19 MLK Jr. Day (no classes)
January 21 Correlation vs. Causation DSS Ch 2
Week 3
January 26 No class (weather)
January 28 Causality DSS Ch 5
Week 4
February 2 Rstudio and Quarto Workshop
February 4 Democracy and Autocracy Przeworski 2024, Grossman et. al., 2021
Week 5
February 9 Introduction to OLS DSS Ch 4
February 11 Democracy and Development Acemoglu et. al., 2008
Week 6
February 16 Final Project Overview No readings
February 18 Representation and Accountability Bjrkman and Svensson, 2009
Week 7
February 23 No class
February 25 Accountability: Scope Conditions Ferraz and Finan, 2011; Chong et. al., 2015
Week 8
March 2 Github Workshop No readings
March 4 Sampling and Uncertainty DSS Ch 3
Week 9
March 9 Spring Break
March 11 Spring Break
Week 10
March 16 Crime and Punishment Bateson, 2012; Weaver and Lerman, 2010
March 18 Conflict and Development I: Causes Miguel Satyanath and Sergenti, 2004
Week 11
March 23 Conflict and Development II: Consequences Blattman and Annan, 2010; Miguel Saiegh and Satyanath, 2011
March 25 Migration Yang, 2008
Week 12
March 30 Data Wrangling Workshop No readings
April 1 Text as Data Workshop No readings
Week 13
April 6 Gender Chattopadhyay and Duflo, 2004
April 8 Health and Development Chen et al., 2013
Week 14
April 13 Climate and Development Dell Jones and Olken, 2012
April 15 Foreign Aid Briggs, 2016
Week 15
April 20 Education and Development Duflo, 2001
April 22 Work on Final Project No readings
Week 16
April 27 Development Policy: What Works? Assorted short pieces
April 29 Final Project Due