Duflo, Esther, Michael Kremer, and Jonathan Robinson. 2011. "Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya." American Economic Review, 101(6): 2350-90. Thursday, Firms Udry, Christoper, and Santosh Anagol “The Returns to November 3 Capital in Ghana” AER Papers and Proceedings, 2009. De Mel, Suresh, David McKenzie, and Chris Woodruff, “Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008. Nicholas Bloom & Benn Eifert & Aprajit Mahajan & David McKenzie & John Roberts, 2013. "Does Management Matter? Evidence from India," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 128(1), pages Banerjee, Abhijit V., and Esther Duflo. "Do firms want to borrow more? Testing credit constraints using a directed lending program." The Review of Economic Studies 81.2 (2014): 572-607. Tuesday, Labor PROBLEM SET 2 DUE November 8 BU Chapter 4 Harrison, Ann and Jason Scorce, “Multinationals and Sweatshop Activism,” American Economic Review, 2010. Thursday, Labor and Seema Jayachandran (2006). “Selling Labor Low: Wage November Migration Responses to Productivity Shocks in Developing 10 Countries,” Journal of Political Economy, 114(3), 538-575. Bryan, Gharad, Shyamal Chowdhury, and Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak. "Underinvestment in a profitable technology: the case of seasonal migration in Bangladesh." Econometrica: 82.5 (2014): 1671-1748. Tuesday, Labor and Human Duflo, Esther “” (AER 2001) and “” (JDE 2004) November capital investments 15 Thursday, Education Kremer, Michael and Alaka Holla, “Improving Education November in the Developing World: What have we Learned from 17 Randomized Evaluations?”, Annual Review of Economics, 2009. Jensen, Robert. "The (perceived) returns to education and the
Duflo, Esther, Michael Kremer, and Jonathan Robinson. 2011. "Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya." American Economic Review, 101(6): 2350-90. Thursday, November 3 Firms Udry, Christoper, and Santosh Anagol “The Returns to Capital in Ghana” AER Papers and Proceedings, 2009. De Mel, Suresh, David McKenzie, and Chris Woodruff, “Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008. Nicholas Bloom & Benn Eifert & Aprajit Mahajan & David McKenzie & John Roberts, 2013. "Does Management Matter? Evidence from India," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 128(1), pages Banerjee, Abhijit V., and Esther Duflo. "Do firms want to borrow more? Testing credit constraints using a directed lending program." The Review of Economic Studies 81.2 (2014): 572-607. Tuesday, November 8 Labor PROBLEM SET 2 DUE BU Chapter 4 Harrison, Ann and Jason Scorce, “Multinationals and Sweatshop Activism,” American Economic Review, 2010. Thursday, November 10 Labor and Migration Seema Jayachandran (2006). “Selling Labor Low: Wage Responses to Productivity Shocks in Developing Countries,” Journal of Political Economy, 114(3), 538-575. Bryan, Gharad, Shyamal Chowdhury, and Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak. "Underinvestment in a profitable technology: the case of seasonal migration in Bangladesh." Econometrica: 82.5 (2014): 1671-1748. Tuesday, November 15 Labor and Human capital investments Duflo, Esther “” (AER 2001) and “” (JDE 2004) Thursday, November 17 Education Kremer, Michael and Alaka Holla, “Improving Education in the Developing World: What have we Learned from Randomized Evaluations?”, Annual Review of Economics, 2009. Jensen, Robert. "The (perceived) returns to education and the
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