Empirical Development Economics - Francis Teal

Understanding why so many people across the world are so poor is one of the central intellectual challenges of our time. This book provides the tools and data that will enable students researchers and professionals to address that issue. Empirical Development Economics has been designed as a hands-on teaching tool to investigate the causes of poverty. The book begins by introducing the quantitative approach to development economics. Each section uses data to illustrate key policy issues. Part One focuses on the basics of understanding the role of education technology and institutions in determining why incomes differ so much across individuals and countries. In Part Two the focus is on techniques to address a number of topics in development including how firms invest how households decide how much to spend on their children's education whether microcredit helps the poor whether food aid works who gets private schooling and whether property rights enhance investment. A distinctive feature of the book is its presentation of a range of approaches to studying development questions. Development economics has undergone a major change in focus over the last decade with the rise of experimental methods to address development issues; this book shows how these methods relate to more traditional ones. Please visit the book's website for more information: www.empiricalde.com

TITLE: Empirical Development Economics

AUTHOR: Francis Teal

SKU: 9780415810494

PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 01/10/2014

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 434

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 171 mm x 248 mm

WEIGHT: 771 gr