AEM 7620 Microeconomics of International Development
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: completion of first-year Ph.D. course sequence in AEM or ECON or permission of instructor. S–U or letter grades. Offered even years; next offered 2010–2011. C. B. Barrett.
Focuses on models of individual, household, firm/farm, and market behavior in low- and middle-income developing economies. Topics include agricultural land, labor, and financial institutions; technology adoption; food security and nutrition; risk management; intra-household analysis; reciprocity networks; and product/factor markets analysis. Emphasizes empirical research.