# Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models

In one of the Calcutta Rescue makeshift clinics. (Image courtesy of noborders2 on Flickr.)

### Instructor(s)

Prof. Benjamin Olken

Prof. Esther Duflo

Prof. Abhijit Banerjee

### MIT Course Number

14.771

### As Taught In

Fall 2008

### Level

Graduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Lecture notes
- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)
- Exams (no solutions)

## Course Description

Topics include productivity effects of health, private and social returns to education, education quality, education policy and market equilibrium, gender discrimination, public finance, decision making within families, firms and contracts, technology, labor and migration, land, and the markets for credit and savings.

## Other Versions

## Other OCW Versions

Archived versions:

- 14.771 Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models (Fall 2002)

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- Economics > Developmental Economics
- Economics > Microeconomics
- Public Administration > Public Policy
- Education Policy

Benjamin Olken, Esther Duflo, and Abhijit Banerjee. 14.771 Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models. Fall 2008. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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