MIT 14.771 Development Economics Instructor: Esther Duflo This course provides rigorous introduction to core microeconomic issues in economic development, focusing on both key theoretical contributions and empirical applications to understand both why some countries are poor and on how markets function differently in poor economies. Topics include human capital (education and health); labor markets; credit markets; land markets; firms; and the role of the public sector. !Lecture 1: Introduction to Development Economics coursnap.app/share/video/01… Lecture 2: Poverty Traps: Theory coursnap.app/share/video/f8… Lecture 3: Poverty Traps: Graduation Programs coursnap.app/share/video/98… Lecture 4: Behavioral Development Economics: Introduction coursnap.app/share/video/cf… Lecture 5: Behavioral Development Economics: Psychology of Poverty coursnap.app/share/video/5e… Lecture 6: Investing in Human Capital: Theory coursnap.app/share/video/4c… Lecture 7: Demand for Education coursnap.app/share/video/bd… Lecture 8: Private and Social Returns to Education coursnap.app/share/video/ef… Lecture 9: Supply of Education coursnap.app/share/video/c4… Lecture 10: Savings coursnap.app/share/video/99… Lecture 11: Demand for Health (Part 1) coursnap.app/share/video/71… Lecture 12: Demand for Health (Part 2) coursnap.app/share/video/d9… Lecture 13: Family coursnap.app/share/video/e5… Lecture 14: Supply of Health Care (Part 2)/ Gender (Part 1) coursnap.app/share/video/79… Lecture 15: Gender and the Labor Market coursnap.app/share/video/b6… Lecture 16: Land Markets (Part 1) coursnap.app/share/video/76… Lecture 17: Land Markets (Part 2) coursnap.app/share/video/ab… Lecture 18: Land Markets (Part 3) / Public Finance (part 1) coursnap.app/share/video/ba… Lecture 19: Public Finance (Part 2) coursnap.app/share/video/a5… Lecture 20: Public Finance (Part 3) coursnap.app/share/video/71… Lecture 21: PF (Part 4) / Labor (Part 1) coursnap.app/share/video/8b… Lecture 22: Labor (Part 2) coursnap.app/share/video/a4… Lecture 23: Labor (Part 3) coursnap.app/share/video/a8… Lecture 24: Credit (Part 1) coursnap.app/share/video/16… Lecture 25: Credit (Part 2) coursnap.app/share/video/40… #developmenteconomics