Development Economics

Econ UA-323 (002), GCASL-388, T-Th 09.30-10.45 am, NYU Fall 2023

Debraj Ray, Room 608, 18 West 4th Street
debraj.ray@nyu.edu, Office Hours M2.30-5.00pm or preferably by appointment

Course Assistant: Ludovica Ciasullo developmenteconfall23@gmail.com
Room 617, 19 West 4th Street; Office hours: M5:30pm-6:45pm.

This timetable is meant to be illustrative. Some of the material might come earlier or get pushed back.

September 05: Development Facts, Introduction to Growth Theory

September 07: Growth: Convergence and Divergence

September 12: Growth: Structural Transformation

September 14: Development Traps: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

September 19: Development Traps: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

September 21: Development Traps: History

September 26: Development Traps: History

September 28: Inequality Measurement

October 03: Examination 1

October 05: Inequality Measurement

October 10: No class, Monday schedule

October 12: Inequality and Development

October 17: Inequality and Development

October 19: Inequality and Development

October 24: Demography

October 26: Demography

October 31: Credit markets: Adverse Selection

November 02: Credit Markets:Moral Hazard

November 07: Examination 2

November 09: Credit Markets: Enforcement

November 14: Labor Markets

November 16: Behavioral Approaches to Poverty Traps

November 21: Behavioral Approaches to Poverty Traps

November 23: No class (Thanksgiving Recess)

November 28: Conflict 1

November 30: Conflict 1

December 05: Conflict2

December 07: Conflict3

December 12: Spare class

December 14: Examination 3