Lecture Notes

Notes are available for selected lectures below.

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1-2 Introduction: the vicious circle of poverty (PDF)  
3-4 Nutrition and productivity: interrelationships
(PDF 1) (PDF 2)

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Tables 1-2 and Figs. 2-5 in Subramanian, S., and A. Deaton. "The Demand for Food and Calories." Journal of Political Economy 104, no. 1 (1996): 133-162.
5-8 Education
(This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF 1) (PDF 2)		 Figure 2 in Duflo, E. "Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of School Construction in Indonesia: Evidence from an Unusual Policy Experiment." American Economic Review 91, no. 4 (2001): 795-813.
9-12

Health: a case study from Rajasthan
(PDF 1) (Courtesy of Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. Used with permission.) (PDF 2 ‑ 2.4MB)

  
13 Gender discrimination
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14 Bargaining within families
(This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)		 Tables 2 and 6 in Thomas, Duncan. "Intra-household Resource Allocation: An Inferential Approach." Journal of Human Resources 25, no. 4 (1990): 635-664.
15-16 In-class student presentations  
17-18 Land (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)  
19-20 Savings
(This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF 1) (PDF 2)		  
21 Insurance  
22-23 Credit markets
(This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 2.0MB)		  
24 Formal and informal institutions (PDF)  
25 Limits to social policy: corruption (PDF)