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
Course Description
Course Features
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.
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