Content Type
Podcast: “Cushioning the Effects of Covid-19 on the Poor”
In this VoxDev Talk, economists Rema Hanna and Ben Olken discuss what’s needed to help the poor through this crisis.
Read MoreBlog: Open Letter to G20 Countries
This blog post on VoxEU is an open letter from late March to the leaders of the G20 countries, asking for greater involvement on helping the developing world handle the covid-19 crisis.
Read MoreRequired Reading: Getting Energy Prices Right: From Principle to Practice
An excerpt from this book has been assigned in “Public Economics,” a core course taught in the fall.
Read MoreRequired Reading: “Corruption and the Costs of Redistribution: Micro Evidence from Indonesia”
This article has been assigned as required reading for “Public Economics,” one of the core courses taught in the fall.
Read MoreCourse Text: Principles of Microeconomics
This book by Gregory Mankiw is one of the core texts used in recent years for CDE orientation, and is also a reference text for “Public Economics,” a core course taught in the fall.
Read MoreCourse Text: Public Finance and Public Policy
This is a required course text for the CDE core course “Public Economics.”
Read MoreCourse Text: Real Econometrics
This book has been used as the primary course text for ECON 502, Econometrics, taught by Prof. Swamy. ECON 502 is a core CDE course.
Read MoreCourse Text: “Scaling Up What Works: Evidence on External Validity in Kenyan Education”
This article has been assigned as required reading in Program Evaluation, a spring CDE elective.
Read MoreCourse Text: “School Governance, Teacher Incentives and Pupil-Teacher Ratios: Experimental Evidence from Kenyan Primary Schools”
This article has been listed as required reading for practice in evaluating randomized evaluations for Program Evaluation, a spring elective at the CDE.
Read MoreCourse Text: “The Effects of “Girl-Friendly” Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso”
This article has been assigned as required reading in the spring CDE elective, Program Evaluation.
Read More