ILRLE 7490 - Economics of Development

(crosslisted) ECON 7720

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: first-year graduate economic theory and econometrics.

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Analytical approaches to the economics of developing nations and development processes. Topics include: introduction to development economics; distribution analysis: theory and evidence; modeling employment, unemployment, wages, and labor markets; and policy analysis for economic development.