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1 Development Economics II: Micro Issue in Development Economics Professor Stephan Klasen, Ph.D. Ph: Fx: Office Hours: Mondays 16-17:00 OEC Tutors: Atika Pasha Office: OEC Ph: Office Hours: by appointment Dimitrios Minos Office: OEC Ph: Office Hours: by appointment Malte Reimers Office: OEC Ph: Office Hours: by appointment Summer Term 2014 Lecture: Thursday 8-10, ZHG 001 Tutorials: Tuesday 16-18:00, ZHG002, Wednesday 10-12, ZHG 002 This lecture course examines development economics issues from a micro perspective. The focus is on understanding measurement, causes, and consequences of poverty at the household level. The topics to be covered in the first part include the measurement of poverty, and hunger, causes and consequences of gender bias in developing countries, the link between poverty and fertility, the relationship between poverty, migration and unemployment and informality in urban areas. In the second part, the focus will be on vicious cycles of poverty in rural areas, focusing on rural land, labor, capital, credit, and insurance markets. A third part will focus on policy issues for poverty reduction in developing countries. Reading: Ray, D. (1998) Development Economics. Princeton: Princeton University Press Other reading will be made available in studip. * denotes required reading Requirements There will be a 90 minute exam at the end of the semester. Students will earn 6 credits for successful completion of the course. 1

2 Course Outline I. Poverty Measurement and Analysis Definition of poverty Income and non-income poverty Identification and aggregation issues Global poverty measurement Reading: Ray, Chapter 8* Chen and Ravallion (2013) More relatively poor people in a less absolutely poor world. Review of Income and Wealth* Dreze, and Srinivasan (1997) Widowhood and Poverty in Rural India, Journal of Development Economics 54 (2): Klasen, S. (2000) Measuring Poverty and Deprivation in South Africa, Review of Income 6 Wealth, 46 (1): * Ravallion, 1994 Poverty Comparisons, ch. 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 Alkire, Sabina and Maria Emma Santos (2010), Acute Multidimensional Poverty: A New Index for Developing Countries, Human Development Research Paper 2010/11.* II. Manifestations and Correlates of Poverty 2. Hunger and undernutrition Causes of famines Famine prevention Measurement and interpretation of undernutrition Determinants of undernutrition Reading: Dreze, J. and Sen, A. (1991) Hunger and Public Action, Oxford University Press chapters 1*, 2*, 5*, 6*, 7*, 8*, 9, 13. Sen, A. (1983) Poverty and Famines, Oxford University Press, Chapter 4*, 5*, 6, 7, 9. Klasen, S (2006) Poverty, undernutrition, and child mortality: some inter-regional puzzles. Journal of Economic Inequality 6(1), * UNICEF (1998) The State of the World s Children, 1998: Focus on Nutrition, Oxford University Press for UNICEF. Svedberg, Peter (1999) 841 Million undernourished?, World Development 27(12), de Haen, Klasen, and Qaim (2011) What do we really know? Metrics for food insecurity and undernutrition, Food Policy Harttgen, K. S. Klasen, and S. Vollmer (2013) Economic growth and child undernutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Population and Development Review.* 2

3 3. Gender inequality Excess female mortality Modeling gender bias in intrahousehold resource allocation Gender gaps in education: causes and consequences Sen, Amartya (1990) Gender and Cooperative Conflicts, in: Tinker, Irene (Ed.): Persistent Inequalities, Oxford, pp * Klasen, S. (1998) Marriage, Bargaining, and Intrahousehold Resource Allocation: Excess Female Mortality among Adults, Journal of Economic History, Vol. 58 (2), Alderman, et al. (1996) Public Schooling Expenditures in Pakistan, in van der Walle and Nead (1996) Public Spending and the Poor, World Bank. Alderman et al. (1996) Decomposing the Gender Gap in Cognitive Skills in a poor Rural Economy, Journal of Human Resources 31: * Thoman, Duncan (1989) Intrahousehold Resource Allocation: An Inferential Approach, Journal of Human Resources 25, Klasen, S. and F. Lamanna (2009) The impact of gender inequality in education and employment on economic growth: New evidence for a panel of countries Feminist Economics.* Klasen, S. and C. Wink (2003) Missing Women: Revisiting the Debate, Feminist Economics Vol. 9 (2-3), * Murthi, Guio, and Dreze (1995) Fertility, Mortality, and Gender Bias in India: A District- Level Analysis, Population and Development Review 21 (4): Asfaw, A., Klasen, S. and F. Lamanna (2009) Gender gap in parents health financing strategy for hospitalization: Evidence from India. Health Economics World Bank (2001): Engendering Development. 4. Poverty and fertility Linkages between fertility and poverty Determinants of the 'supply' of children Determinants of the 'demand' for children The role of family planning policies Ray: chapters * Todaro, M. Economic Development, 11th editon, 6.4*, 6.6, Case study 6 Bulatao und Lee (1983) Determinants of Fertility in Developing Countries, Kap. 2*, 8 Caldwell (1981) The Mechanism of Demographic Change, Population Studies 35 (1981). Pollak and Watkins (1993) Cultural and Economic Approaches to Fertility, Population and Development Review 19 (3): Pritchett, L. (1994) Desired Fertility and the Impact of Population Policies, Population and Development Review 20 (1): 1-55.* Dreze and Murthi (2001) Fertility, Education, and Development: Evidence from India, Population and Development Review 27 (1): * Birdsall, N. (1988). Economic Approaches to Population Growth, in Handbook of Development Economics Vol. 1, ch

4 5. Migration and Unemployment Migration, informality, and urban unemployment The Harris-Todaro Model Policy implications to reduce unemployment Ray, Chapter 10* Todaro: Chapter 7* Hoddinott, J. (1996). Wages and Unemployment in an Urban African Labour Market Economic Journal 106: * Yamada, G. (1996) Urban Informal Employment and Self-Employment in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence, Economic Development and Cultural Change 44: * Kingdon, G. and J. Knight (2006) How flexible are wages in response to local unemployment in South Africa? Industrial and Labor Relations Review 59: (2006) Williamson, J: Migration and Urbanization (1988) Handbook of Development Economics Vol. 1, ch. 11. Perry, G.E, Maloney, F., Arias, O.S., Faynzylber, Mason, A., Saavedra-Chanduvi, J. (2007). Informality: Exit and Exclusion. Washington D.C.: The World Bank. III. Vicious Cycles of Poverty in Rural Areas 6. Poverty and Access to Land Land distribution Share-Cropping: efficiency and risk issues Land markets Land reforms and land rights Ray, Chapter 10, 12*. Binswanger, Deininger, and Feder (1995) Power, Distortions, Revolt, and Reform in Agricultural Land Relations in Behrman, and Srinivasan (eds.) Handbook of Development Economics, Vol 3b, (1995).* World Bank (1998) World Development Report 1998/99, ch. 5. World Bank (2003) Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction, World Bank. Grimm, M. and S. Klasen (2009) Endogenous Institutional Change and Economic Development: A Micro-Level Analysis of Transmission Channels. CRC Poverty, equity, and growth Discussion Paper No. 14 (2009). 7. Credit Markets and Poverty Formal and informal credit access for the poor The role of money lenders Credit rationing Microfinance Interlinked transactions 4

5 Ray, Chapter 14* Udry, C. (1994) Risk and Insurance in a Rural Credit Market: An empirical investigation of Northern Nigeria, Review of Economis Studies 61: * Pitt and Khandker (1998) The Impact of Group-based Credit Programs on Poor Households in Bangladesh. Journal of Political Economy 106: * Khandker S. R. (2005). Microfinance and Poverty: Evidence Using Panel Data from Bangladesh. The World Bank Economic Review (2005) 19 (2): World Bank, World Development Report 1998/99, ch. 6, 8* Banerjee, A. and Duflo, E. (2004). Do Firms Want to Borrow More? Testing Credit Constraints Using a Directed Lending Program. CEPR Discussion Papers Bell, C. (1988): Credit Markets and Interlinked Transactions. Handbook of Development Economics, Vol. 1, ch. 16 Besley, T. (1995). Savings, Credit, and Insurance. Handbook of Development Economics Vol. 3a, ch Insurance Markets How risks affects poverty outcomes Potential and limits of insurance Partial insurance Self-insurance Credit and insurance Ray, Chapter 15* Morduch, J. (1995) Income Smoothing and Consumption Smoothing, Journal of Economic Perspectives 9: Deaton, A. (1997) Analysis of Household Surveys, World Bank, ch. 6. Townsend, Robert M. (1995) Consumption Insurance: An Evaluation of Risk-bearing in Low- Income Journal of Economic Perspectives 9: * Townsend, Robert M. (1994) Risk and Insurance in Village India, Econometrica 62: Economies. Coate, S. and M. Ravallion (1993) Reciprocity without Commitment: Characterization and Performance of Informal Insurance Arrangements, Journal of Development Economics 40, Besley, T. (1995) Savings, Credit and Insurance, Handbook of Development Economics Vol. 3a, ch. 36. Udry, C. (1994) Risk and Insurance in a Rural Credit Market: An empirical investigation of Northern Nigeria, Review of Economic Studies 61: * World Bank (1998) World Development Report 1998/99 ch. 8* 5

6 9. Undernutrition, poverty, and labor markets Nutritional efficiency wages Nutrition-based poverty traps Conceptual and empirical issues Ray, Chapter 13 Dasgupta (1997) Nutrition, the Capacity to Work and Poverty Traps, Journal of Econometrics 1997: 1-32.* Deaton, A. (1997) Analysis of Household Surveys, World Bank, Chapter 4.1* Bliss, C. and N. Stern (1978a) Productivity, Wages and Nutrition, Part I: The Theory Journal of Development Economics 5: (1978b) Productivity, Wages and Nutrition, Part II: Some Observations Journal of Development Economics 5: Klasen and Woolard (1998) Unemployment, Household Formation, Poverty, and Nutrition in South Africa.* Rosenzweig, M. (1988) Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries, Handbook of Development Economics Vol 1, ch. 15. Strauss, J. and D. Thomas (1995) Human Resources, Handbook of Development Economics Vol. 3a, ch Policy Interventions to Reduce Poverty -Incidence analysis of public spending -The effectiveness of cash transfer programs -Programs to promote health Selden, T, and M. Wasylenko (1996) Measuring the Distributional Impact of Public Education in Peru, in van der Walle and Neale (1996) Public Spending and the Poor.* Van de Walle (1994) The Distribution of Subsidies through Public Health Services in Indonesia, In van de Walle and Neale (eds.): Public Spending and the poor: Theory and Evidence. Dhatt and Ravallion (1996) Is targeting through a work requirement efficient? In van der Walle and Neale (1996) Public Spending and the Poor.* Lay, J. (2012). MDG achievements and policies in education and health: What has been learnt? Development Policy Review, 30 (1), pp Schultz, T. Paul. (2004) School subsidies for the poor: evaluating the Mexican Progresa poverty program, Journal of Development Economics 74(1), * Sen, Amartya (1996) The Political Economy of Targeting. Ch. 1, In van de Walle and Nead (eds.): Public Spending and the poor: Theory and Evidence. Fiszbein, A. and Schady, N. (2009) Conditional Cash Transfers. Policy Research Report. Washington, DC: World Bank. Overview chapter. King, E. S. Klasen, and M. Porter (2008). Women and Development. In B. Lomborg (ed.) Global Crises, global solutions, 2 nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (in press). 6

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