14.771 Development Economics (Fall 2021, MIT OCW). Instructors: Prof. Esther Duflo and Prof. Benjamin Olken. This course is aimed at Ph.D. students in economics. It provides a 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.
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Lecture 16 - Land Markets, Part 1
Instructor: Prof. Benjamin Olken. Presents simple principal agent models of land usage and discusses empirical evidence to test them. Topics are why the allocation of land matters and why secure property rights matter.