Dr Joana Naritomi, Dr Sandra Sequeira and Dr Diana Weinhold

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Economic Policy for International Development. This course is not available as an outside option.

Students must have completed Foundations of Applied Econometrics for Economic Development Policy (DV494).

DV495 will allow students to develop a quantitative research project in development economics.  Students will apply  the research methods and quantitative analyss skills they have learnt in DV494 and DV496 to write, an original dissertation.

2 hour session at the start of term to set expectations about the dissertation and identify resources available at the LSE to support dissertation writing.

Students will be expected to produce a final empirical paper in August 2024.

· Angrist, Joshua D., and Jörn-Steffen Pischke. Mastering Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect. Princeton University Press, 2014.

· Angrist, Joshua D., and Jörn-Steffen Pischke. Mostly harmless econometrics: An empiricist's companion. Princeton university press, 2008.

· Cunningham, Scott. Causal inference: The mixtape. Yale University Press, 2021.

· Duflo, Esther, Rachel Glennerster, and Michael Kremer. 2008. “Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit.” Vol. 4.

· T. Schultz and John Strauss, eds., Handbook of Development Economics. Amsterdam and New York: North Holland, 4

Research paper (100%) in August.