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Savings
The vegetable vendor took a loan ...,
What is this process an example of,
Why is saving important
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Savings Framework (Dupas & Robinson - OSA)
3 classes of saving,
Saving up,
Saving down
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Quasi-Hyberbolic Discounting And ROSCAs
Exponential discounting,
How is this idea captured in the ...,
Expression for present discounted...
28
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Empirical Evidence On Increasing Savings
Saving by default somville vandew...,
Research design in somville and v...,
Df
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Topic 2: Insurance
Fluctuations in production and in...,
What macro and micro evidence sup...,
So with limits to risk coping and...
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Empirical Evidence On Insurance (Karlan 4 Groups, Roz & Udry State Contingence, Lane ECL)
Karlan et al credit and insurance...,
What was the main reasons farmers...,
Why is it beneficial to improve f...
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Demand For Insurance Products
So karlan conducted another exper...,
Benefits of this research design 4,
Results
10
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Timing Inconsistency For Insurance (Casaburi & Willis)
What is the goal of insurance,
What is the issue,
So what is the main disadvantages...
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Insurance Renewal (Cai)
So far we have just focused on in...,
What affects insurance renewal 2,
Positive effects of higher subsid...
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Topic 3: Digitalization
Developing countries often lack p...,
What can remove the problem of tr...,
Adoption of m pesa by poverty
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Impact Of Mobile Money (Jack & Suri, Lee: Training, Riley: Social Pressure)
Jack and suri,
Results,
Remittances
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Gains To Digitalization: Financial Services (Bharadwaj J&S: M-Shwari, Higgins (supermarkets)
Problems with traditional microfi...,
How to solve this,
M shwari how do they create credi...
17
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Broader Gains To Digitalization: Public Goods (MNS - Smartcards, PDS/Aadhar , Field (social norms on women), Barnwal (LPG Subsidy)
Muralidharan,
Findings,
Findings on payment experience 2
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Topic 4: Informality
Implications of a large informal ...,
What is informality for workers a...,
Why may firms chose to be informal
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Facts About Informality
What pattern does informality amo...,
Informality high or less with wom...,
What pattern do transitions into ...
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Determinants Of Informality (De Andrade (2parts) , De Mel, Bujand (Mexico SSI), Ciscandes (trade on informality)
Ways policymakers can reduce info...,
How can they reduce cost of forma...,
How can we increase benefits of f...
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Consequences Of Informality
Formalisation on firm performance...,
When there are positive average e...,
Why might this be
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Migration - Rosen-Roback Framework Of Determinants Of Migration
How many people are internal migr...,
Wage gaps in rural vs urban areas,
So surely just relocate from rura...
15
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International Migration (Yang - Migration Effects Following AFC Exchange Rates!)
How many international migrants a...,
Desire to migrate how many want t...,
We looked at internal migration g...
11
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Long Run Impact Of Migration - Brain Drain Vs Brain Gain
Main con of migration,
Khanna how does it differ from yang,
Chainmigrant income increase educ...
5
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Migration Policy (Barsbai, Qiu , Beam, Gaikwad)
Migration policy 2 approaches to it,
Transitional stages of migration ...,
Recall rob
11
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Information (5th Policy) Baseler - Report Cards, Bhatiya - Gov program on perceived location/salary
What do people make decisions bas...,
Mckenzie finds prospective migran...,
Baseler
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Risk Aversion Preventing Migration…? (Bryan)
Rural areas already face greater ...,
When is risk aversion especially ...,
Seasonal poverty is a big issue a...
12
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Part B: Week 6 Introduction
Solow growth model 2,
What does long run development de...,
Open economy regarding technology...
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Week 7: Education - Model Of Parent’s Educational Choice
Education social returns examples 2,
Model of educational choice paren...,
Criticisms of this simple model
14
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Returns To Education (Angrist&Kruger Duflo, DDK)
Mincerian returns to education ex...,
What do we find the return to edu...,
Econometric concerns with this re...
28
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So If Returns Are Not The Issue (b=0.1), Perceived Returns And Elite Bias Must Be???
Fg,
Parents view on primary and secon...,
Even if parents understand the tr...
15
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Costs Of Education
Overall does reducing direct cost...,
Free school meals and uniforms on...,
Conditional cash transfers famous...
9
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Quality Of Education (Chaudhury , Muralidharan)
What is the key thing to understa...,
Is a lack of inputs eg textbooks ...,
Is the teaching the problem find ...
11
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Week 8: Health
Health is the second key componen...,
Did they meet the millenium devel...,
Culprits of the failed health goals
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Causes Of Underinvestment in Preventative Healthcare
What can we say about the demand ...,
Half a milllion children under 5 ...,
Do the poor care about health 2 e...
10
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Nutrition-Based Poverty Trap
Nutritional based poverty trap,
What does this mean for wages,
How to express health a function ...
17
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Solutions
Solutions,
Example of importance of all info...,
Main reason for subsidising healt...
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Supply Of Healthcare
Poor supply of healthcare examples,
Health worker absenteeism in india,
So high absenteeismthere is also ...
7
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Week 9: Microfinance
Stylised facts,
So if they borrow but often no fo...,
Governments have tried social len...
26
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Models Of Credit Markets
Intertemporal substitution model ...,
We get the euler equation and wha...,
What does this become with credit...
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Impact Of Microcredit
The microcredit revolution how di...,
What was the model they used to d...,
Joint liability model social capi...
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Microcredit Discussion
What is microfinance not suitable...,
Why is this bad,
2nd point unsuitable for projects...
8
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Week 10: Technology
Solow growth model what determine...,
First industrial revolution what ...,
Second industrial revolution
15
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Herding (Banerjee)
Banerjee herding model,
Suppose the 1 person who heard a ...,
Why is herding bad
11
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Rules Of Thumb (Ellison & Fudenberg) (Technology Convergence)
What are the rules of thumb they ...,
Consider two technologies g and f...,
We also have xt share of people u...
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HYV In India (Foster & Rosenzweig) (Conley & Udry Info Neigbours) (DKR Pilot Farm)
Foster and rosenzweig hyv seeds,
How does profitability of hyv inc...,
Model
14
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Social Learning - Worms (Miguel & Kremer)
Effect of worms,
Research design,
Problems with this research design
10
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Willingness To Pay
Benefits of measuring demand 2,
Issue with simply asking peoples wtp,
Becker degroot marshcak bdm mecha...
9
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