授業の目的 【日本語】
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | | This course introduces students to previous empirical studies in the fields of development/health/labor economics. First, we cover the importance of establishing causality in empirical research. Next, we look at how previous good studies try to achieve causality. After taking this course, interested students can read papers in these fileds by her/himself and, hopefully, develop own research ideas in these fields. |
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到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | | Students are expected to understand the difference between correlation and causality and to have decent knowledge about research designs and econometric methods taken by previous good studies in economics to establish causality. |
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | 1. Human capital issues 1: Health and development
2. Human capital issue 2: Return to health (Econometric identification problems 1)
3. Human capital issue 3: Return to education (Econometric identification problems 2)
4. Human capital issue 4: Return to education (Econometric identification problems 3)
5. The effect of income on health: a welfare program in the US
6. The effect of income on health: lottery prizes as an exogenous source of income variation
7. The relative income hypothesis
8. The effect of macroeconomic shock on health and education
9. The effect of environment on health: early-life exposure to polluted air
10. The effect of parental time on infant health
11. Ethnic complementarities in mathematics research productivity
12. The effect of a large-scale school construction program on education and wages
13. The role of gene-environment interactions
14. The effect of international child sponsorship on adult life outcomes
15. The effect of vehicle ownership on fertility: unintended consequence of vehicle restrictions |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | | Prerequisites: Basic microeconomics, Basic statistics, Introductory econometrics including fixed-effects (FE) and instrumental-variable (IV) estimations. If you have not leaned FE/IV estimation, study beforehand Chapter 14 (fixed-effects estimation) and Chapter 15 (Instrumental-variable estimation) in Wooldridge (Reference mentioned below). |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | | Term-end report (100%) is used to measure the level of understanding on the concepts covered in the course. Term-end report should discuss a previous study’s contributions to the literature. To pass this course, a student’s term-end report needs to make clear the contributions of a previous study of her/his choice to the literature. If a student does not submit a term-end report, he/she will automatically receive a 'W' grade for the course. |
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教科書・参考書
Textbook/Reference Book | | | No required textbook. We closely look at a paper per lecture. Reading materials in this course are listed in the course syllabus to be distributed in the first lecture. Reference: Wooldridge. Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, Third version or newer. |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | Students are expected to complete required reading specified in the course syllabus. |
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注意事項
Notice for Students | | | This course will be taught in English. |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | |
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遠隔授業（オンデマンド型）で行う場合の追加措置
Additional measures for remote class (on-demand class) | | |
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質問への対応方法
Office hour | | | By appointment. Please bring questions to a meeting set by appointment. |
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