PED-318: The Economics of Health and Development

Semester: Spring

Credit: 1.0

Faculty: Amitabh Chandra

Schedule

Day Time Location
First Day 1/26
Meet Day T/Th 1:10 PM - 2:30 PM T301
Review

Description

This course examines health issues in developing countries from the standpoint of economics, with a focus on applied microeconomic research and econometric methods. Specific topics include: private and social returns to health, the effect of health on growth and development, gender differences in health; structural problems in delivery; health finance; technology adoption and behavioral change; infant mortality; worms; AIDS; malaria; and the long-run impact of disease. For each of these topics, special attention will be paid to the identifying causal effects that inform the design of public policies, and contrast the lessons learnt from this approach to those obtained from observational studies. Prerequisite: API-101, 102, 201, 202.

Also offered by the Economics Department as Econ 1389.