Srini Vasudevan

Teaching

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Below are the courses I teach at University of Chicago:

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ECON 15500: Introduction to Development Economics
  Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024 (4.92, 5.00)
Course Description:

The course explores one of the most pressing global challenges: poverty. Through a microeconomic and empirical lens, students learn to analyze the economic lives of the poor, examining why poverty persists, and which interventions have been effective to sustainably improve the lives of poor people in low- and middle-income  countries (LMIC). The course employs economic theory and econometric methods to analyze consumption, health, education, access to credit, entrepreneurship, and migration. The course places the microeconomic issues in the context of the macroeconomic context of economic institutions, e.g., security of property rights, and political institutions, e.g., electoral empowerment. Using both historical perspectives and contemporary studies, students learn about the frontier of knowledge at the frontier of development economics, emphasizing empirical research and data analysis. The course prioritizes close reading of accessible articles from top economics journals and includes hands-on data analysis exercises. Class discussions apply the frontier state of knowledge to real-world cases to prepare students for further study and careers in policy and economic development.

ECON 11020: Introduction to Econometrics
  Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024 (4.52, 5.00)
Course Description:

The course explores one of the most pressing global challenges: poverty. Through a microeconomic and empirical lens, students learn to analyze the economic lives of the poor, examining why poverty persists, and which interventions have been effective to sustainably improve the lives of poor people in low- and middle-income  countries (LMIC). The course employs economic theory and econometric methods to analyze consumption, health, education, access to credit, entrepreneurship, and migration. The course places the microeconomic issues in the context of the macroeconomic context of economic institutions, e.g., security of property rights, and political institutions, e.g., electoral empowerment. Using both historical perspectives and contemporary studies, students learn about the frontier of knowledge at the frontier of development economics, emphasizing empirical research and data analysis. The course prioritizes close reading of accessible articles from top economics journals and includes hands-on data analysis exercises. Class discussions apply the frontier state of knowledge to real-world cases to prepare students for further study and careers in policy and economic development.

ECON 20100: Elements of Economic Analysis II
  Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024, Autumn 2024 (4.64, 5.00), Winter 2025 (In-Progress)
Course Description:

The course explores one of the most pressing global challenges: poverty. Through a microeconomic and empirical lens, students learn to analyze the economic lives of the poor, examining why poverty persists, and which interventions have been effective to sustainably improve the lives of poor people in low- and middle-income  countries (LMIC). The course employs economic theory and econometric methods to analyze consumption, health, education, access to credit, entrepreneurship, and migration. The course places the microeconomic issues in the context of the macroeconomic context of economic institutions, e.g., security of property rights, and political institutions, e.g., electoral empowerment. Using both historical perspectives and contemporary studies, students learn about the frontier of knowledge at the frontier of development economics, emphasizing empirical research and data analysis. The course prioritizes close reading of accessible articles from top economics journals and includes hands-on data analysis exercises. Class discussions apply the frontier state of knowledge to real-world cases to prepare students for further study and careers in policy and economic development.

ECON 20000: Elements of Economic Analysis I
  Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021 (4.23, 5.00)
Course Description:

The course explores one of the most pressing global challenges: poverty. Through a microeconomic and empirical lens, students learn to analyze the economic lives of the poor, examining why poverty persists, and which interventions have been effective to sustainably improve the lives of poor people in low- and middle-income  countries (LMIC). The course employs economic theory and econometric methods to analyze consumption, health, education, access to credit, entrepreneurship, and migration. The course places the microeconomic issues in the context of the macroeconomic context of economic institutions, e.g., security of property rights, and political institutions, e.g., electoral empowerment. Using both historical perspectives and contemporary studies, students learn about the frontier of knowledge at the frontier of development economics, emphasizing empirical research and data analysis. The course prioritizes close reading of accessible articles from top economics journals and includes hands-on data analysis exercises. Class discussions apply the frontier state of knowledge to real-world cases to prepare students for further study and careers in policy and economic development.

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