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ECON-6054: Development Economics

Description: A modern approach to economics of growth and development for graduate students in economics and related disciplines. Topics include sources of growth; neo-classical, endogenous, and dualistic theories of growth; households economics and human capital accumulation; economics of population; and consequences of imperfect market for land, labor and capital.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (ECON-3104 and ECON-3204)

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 5

Average GPA: 3.68 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 59.68%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Isfahani Djavad Salehi201075.4%24.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.704
Siddharth Hari201983.4%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.631

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