GSPP 290-14 and ARE 298
Fall 2001
COURSE HOMEPAGE FOR FALL 2002
HERE
Instructors: Alain de Janvry, Elisabeth Sadoulet and David Zilberman , with the assistance of Lisa Dreier.
Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 5.30 to 7:00 pm Location: Etcheverry 3109
Enrollment: Maximum of 30 students in Masters and Ph.D. degrees.
Prerequisites: Microeconomics and econometrics at the Master’s level, or consent of instructors.
Office hours:
Final exam is on Tuesday December 11, 9-12 am, 201 Giannini Hall
Review_questions Reading list: part I
and
part II
Assignment 1 : Poverty assessment for Nicaragua
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Individual data (zip file with stata 7 format)
Individual data (zip file with stata 6 format)
Individual data (33% sample in excel format)
Individual data (zip file with spss format)
Individual data label
Household data (zip file with stata 7 format)
Household data (zip file with stata 6 format)
Household data (33% sample in excel format)
Household data (zip file with spss format)
Household data label
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Assignment 2 : Current development issues
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Policy Brief 2 : Foreign aid reconsidered
Jeffrey Sachs's article in the Economist (June 12, 2001)
Assignment 3 : Impact Analysis of the PROGRESA program in Mexico
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Assignment 4 : Real exchange rate analysis
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Policy Brief 4 : Intellectual Property Rights
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Last update: April 25, 2002
Alain de Janvry: Giannini Hall 211, Friday 2-3:30 pm;
alain@are.berkeley.edu
Elisabeth Sadoulet: Giannini Hall 213, Friday 2-3:30 pm;
sadoulet@are.berkeley.edu
David Zilberman : Giannini Hall 337, ;
zilberman@are.berkeley.edu