14.771 | Fall 2021 | Graduate

Development Economics

Lecture 8: Private and Social Returns to Education

Description: Covers empirical evidence on the returns to education. Large focus on methodological challenges of measuring the private and socials returns. Discusses the use of randomization as an instrument and the LATE Theorem.

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Instructor: Esther Duflo

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