MICROECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT
Agricultural and Resource Economics 251
Economics 270A
Fall 2006
Department of Economics
Department of Agricultural and Resource
Economics
at the University of California
at Berkeley
Tu-Th: 3:30-5:00 pm, 2032 Valley LSB
This is the web page for the second half of ARE 251/Econ 270A, taught by
Ethan Ligon. The web page for the first half, taught by Elisabeth Sadoulet,
may be found here.
Announcements:
The second assignment is now available. You'll need
this extract of household level data from Viet Nam. Some terse documentation of
these data is
here.
The reading list is periodically updated to include articles that
I have cited and used in class.
The final exam is on Tuesday October 17, in class. The
material for the exam consists of class notes and assigned readings.
You can find last year's final exam
may be found here.
Instructors
Elisabeth Sadoulet ,
Ethan Ligon
Elisabeth Sadoulet: Giannini Hall 213, Friday 3:30-5:00pm; sadoulet@are.berkeley.edu
Ethan Ligon: Giannini Hall 331; ligon@are.berkeley.edu;
Syllabus and Readings:
Syllabus
Reading list - 1rst half-semester:
pdf file ,
html file with links to papers
Reading
assignments
Handouts:
Assignments:
- Assignment #1: Household behavior with imperfect labor markets.
Deadline for this first assignment is postponed to Tuesday October 3.
Text Data
- Assignment #2: Measuring Welfare and Risk-sharing.
Text Data
Links to the Development field:
Development
field web page in ARE
Development seminar, Fall 2006 , Monday, 4:00-6:00 pm, 608-7 Evans
Last update: October 23, 2006