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Academic calendar
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Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
Period | From | To |
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First semester | Sep 26, 2011 | Dec 22, 2011 |
Second semester | Feb 27, 2012 | May 25, 2012 |
Session | From | To |
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attività formative a scelta | Jan 1, 2012 | Dec 31, 2011 |
Sessione invernale | Jan 9, 2012 | Feb 24, 2012 |
Sessione estiva | May 28, 2012 | Jul 6, 2012 |
Sessione autunnale | Aug 27, 2012 | Sep 21, 2012 |
Exam calendar
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Academic staff
Marquis Mel Jacob
meljacob.marquis@univr.it 0458028061Roventini Andrea
andrea.roventini@univr.itVaona Andrea
andrea.vaona@univr.it 045 8028537Study Plan
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Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2012/2013
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TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Development economics (2012/2013)
Teaching code
4S02470
Academic staff
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SECS-P/02 - ECONOMIC POLICY
Period
secondo semestre dal Feb 18, 2013 al May 24, 2013.
Program
Syllabus – Development Economics
Prof. Federico Perali and Prof. Roberto Ricciuti
1 Economic Development and Growth
Exercises: economic development and growth
2 History and Development
Income polarization and property rights
History, property rigths and development
Exercises:hystory and development
3 Human capital, Social capital, education and growth
The role of human capital
Education, technological change and labor MKT
Social capital
Learning by doing and learning from others: human capital and technical change in agriculture
Exercises: human capital, education and growth file
4 Inequality, Poverty and Development
Lecture 1) Inequality, poverty measurement.
Lecture 2) Equality of opportunities, growth and development
EOp and development in Brazil: Ferreira
Implementing EOp: Dardanoni, Roemer et al.
Introducing luck in EOp theory: Lefranc et al.(2010)
A short survey on inequality and EOp presentazione Powerpoint
Exercises: inequality, poverty and development file
5 Household Economics and Dual Sector Models
Household Enterprise
Household models - De Janvry and Saudolet
Household Economics file
6 Dual Models: rural-urban migration
Lewis-Fei-Ranis Dual Model
Dualism and Migration
Harris&Todaro Model of Migrat
Migration in China
Harris&Todaro Model of Migration revisited
Exrcises Rural-Urban Dual Economies
Dual Economy
7 Land: contracts, incentives, and inequality
Property rights
Land reform, property rights and the Social Doctrine of the Church
Sharecropping and interlinking markets
Incentives and Risk Sharing in Sharecropping
Informational Rents and Property Rights in Land
Exercises: Land, contracts, property rights
8 Labor: Failures and efficiency
Incomplete labor markets
A Theory of Two-tier Labor Markets
Inequality as a determinant of malnutrition and unemployment
Exercises: Labor Market Failures file
9 Credit Markets
Reading Papers
Access to capital and Agrarian Organisation - Eswaran and Kotwal
Eswaran and Kotwal credit and endogenous class formation
Transaction costs and agrarian institutions
Credit rationing and class differentiation: an example of a term paper
Matching tenancy
Credit rationing in developing countries
Credit Markets
Economics of lending with joint liability
Simulation Exercise
Exercises: credit markets
Productivity, land reform and interlocked factors
Impact evaluation of large development projects: the case study of the Jenin sustainable industrial area
I/O analysis presentazione Powerpoint
Jenin development project
Examination Methods
two-hour examination
Type D and Type F activities
Modules not yet included
Career prospects
Module/Programme news
News for students
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Linguistic training CLA
Gestione carriere
Student login and resources
Graduation
List of theses and work experience proposals
theses proposals | Research area |
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La (cattiva) gestione dei fondi comunitari in Italia | ECONOMICS - ECONOMICS |
Analisi dell'Impatto della Regolamentazione: potenziale e applicazioni concrete | Various topics |
Costs and benefits of the new Turin-Lyon railway line | Various topics |
Costs and benefits of new systems for speed control on italian motorways | Various topics |
Contingent valuation for the quality of hospital characteristics | Various topics |
Evaluating occupational impacts of large investment projects | Various topics |
Internships
Admission policy
ADMISSION POLICY
The admission procedure for international students is explained in details at:
www.magecverona.it/admission-benefits/
For further information please contact magec@dse.univr.it
Additional information
Additional information
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