Course Catalogue

This course aims to introduce the students to the determinants of long-run economic growth/development and differences in real income per capita across countries. We will cover selected topics of frontier research at the intersection of macroeconomics and development. Topics will include demographic transition and the transition to modern growth, measuring and accounting of income across countries and time, structural transformation and agricultural productivity gap, human capital accumulation, misallocation of total factor productivity, health and economic growth, and rural-urban migration. Students will familiarize themselves with frontier academic discussions on development economics, particularly ones with macroeconomic approaches. They will also acquire skills how to assess academic articles critically. The reading list will be distributed at the first meeting. Students will write referee reports on two papers from the reading list, or otherwise approved by me. I will give some guidelines on the referee reports in class. We will decide on the papers by the end of week TBA. Grading: Final paper (30%), midterm paper (25%), two referee reports (2 - 5 pages, 30%), classroom discussion (15%).