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050	0	0	_aHD82 _b.E47 2015
100	1		_aSöderbom, Måns _926524
245	0	0	_aEmpirical development economics / _cMåns Söderbom ... [et al.].
260			_aNew York : _bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, _c2015.
300			_axxviii, 433 p. ; _c25 cm.
490	0		_aRoutledge advanced texts in economics and finance
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Understanding why so many people across the world are so poor is one of the central intellectual challenges of our time. What explains a pattern of extreme destitution for billions combined with plutocratic levels of income for a tiny minority? This book offers a novel approach to addressing those issues, not by providing answers, but seeking to provide the tools and data that will enable the student, the researcher and the professional working in this area to investigate the questions for themselves. Empirical Development Economics has been designed as a hands-on teaching tool to investigate the causes of poverty. The book begins by introducing the basics of the quantitative approach to development economics. All the topics are presented through data that addresses some important policy issue. In Part 1 the focus is on the basics of understanding why incomes differ so much. What is the role of education, technology and institutions in ensuring that where you are born is so important in determining whether you are poor? In Part 2 the focus is on techniques that allow us to address questions which include how firms invest, how households decide how much to spend on education of their children, whether microfinance does help 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. One of our objectives has been to show how such methods relate to more traditional ones. "
526	0		_aEconomics
590			_aNuri Mahajabi
650		0	_aDevelopment economics. _926525
650		0	_aPoverty. _926526
650		0	_aIncome distribution. _926527
650		0	_aEconometrics. _926528
700	1		_aTeal, Francis _eauthor _926529
700	1		_aEberhardt, Markus _eauthor _926530
700	1		_aQuinn, Simon _eauthor _926531
700	1		_aZeitlin, Andrew _eauthor _926532
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