Development Economics II Spring Semester 2018, Instructor: Assistant Professor Booyuel Kim

Discussion Paper

Week Name Article

Week Andrey 1. Chay, Kenneth Y., and Michael Greenstone. "Pollution The Impact of Air
3 Pollution on Infant Mortality: Evidence from Geographic Variation in n Shocks
(3/8) Induced by a Recession." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 118.3 (2003).

2. Oster, Emily. "Hepatitis B and the Case of the Missing Women." Journal of
Political Economy 113.6 (2005): 1163-1216

LATIF, Md Abdul 3. Lin, Ming-Jen, and Ming-Ching Luoh. "Can hepatitis B mothers account for the
number of missing women? Evidence from three million newborns in Taiwan."
The American Economic Review (2008): 2259-2273.

Week NYAMURANGA, 4. Ashraf, Nava, Erica Field, and Jessica Leight. Contraceptive access and fertility:
4 Chamunorwa The impact of supply-side interventions. Working Paper, 2013.
(3/15)
Woo Jin Chung 5. Goldin, Claudia, and Lawrence F. Katz. "The power of the pill: Oral
contraceptives and women’s career and marriage decisions." Journal of political
Economy 110.4 (2002): 730-770.

PARK, JONGEUN 6. Lin, Ming‐Jen, Jin‐Tan Liu, and Nancy Qian. "MORE MISSING WOMEN, FEWER
DYING GIRLS: THE IMPACT OF SEX‐SELECTIVE ABORTION ON SEX AT BIRTH AND
RELATIVE FEMALE MORTALITY IN TAIWAN." Journal of the European Economic
Association 12.4 (2014): 899-926.

Nemanja Cocic 7. Miller, Grant. "Contraception as development? New evidence from family
planning in Colombia." The Economic Journal 120.545 (2010): 709-736.

Seonga Kim 8. Pop‐Eleches, Cristian. "The impact of an abortion ban on socioeconomic

outcomes of children: Evidence from Romania." Journal of Political Economy
114.4 (2006): 744 - 773.

Jung, Hye Ryoung 9. Pop-Eleches, Cristian. "The supply of birth control methods, education, and
fertility evidence from Romania." Journal of Human Resources 45.4 (2010): 971-
997

Week Woo Jin Chung 10. Adhvaryu, Achyuta, and Anant Nyshadham. "Endowments at birth and
5 parents' investments in children." The Economic Journal 126.593 (2016): 781-
(3/22) 820.
 Hye Young Woo 11. Almond, Douglas, Lena Edlund, and Kevin Milligan. "Son preference and the
persistence of culture: evidence from South and East Asian immigrants to
Canada." Population and Development Review 39.1 (2013): 75-95.

Jung, Hye Ryoung 12. Angrist, Joshua, Victor Lavy, and Analia Schlosser. "Multiple experiments for
the causal link between the quantity and quality of children." Journal of Labor
Economics 28.4 (2010): 773-824.

Kyu Khin Gar 13. Black, Sandra E., Paul J. Devereux, and Kjell G. Salvanes. "The more the
merrier? The effect of family size and birth order on children's education." The
Quarterly Journal of Economics (2005): 669-700.

Week Seonga Kim 14. Acemoglu, Daron, and Simon Johnson. "Disease and Development: The
6 Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth." Journal of Political Economy
(3/29) 115.6 (2007): 925-985.

PARK, JONGEUN 15. Bleakley, Hoyt. "Disease and Development: Evidence from Hookworm
Eradication in the American South." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 122.1
(2007): 73-117.

Khaing Sape Saw 16. Lleras-Muney, Adriana. "The relationship between education and adult
mortality in the United States." The Review of Economic Studies 72.1 (2005):
189-221.

Michell 17. McCrary, Justin, and Heather Royer. "The Effect of Female Education on
Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence from School Entry Policies Using Exact Date
of Birth." American Economic Review 101 (2011): 158-195.

NYAMURANGA 18. Miguel, Edward, and Michael Kremer. "Worms: identifying impacts on
Chamunorwa education and health in the presence of treatment externalities." Econometrica
72.1 (2004): 159-21

Week LEE, Heonwoo 19. Almond, Douglas. "Is the 1918 Influenza pandemic over? Long‐term effects
7 of in utero Influenza exposure in the post‐1940 US population." Journal of
(4/5) political Economy 114.4 (2006): 672-712.

LATIF, Md Abdul 20. Almond, Douglas, Lena Edlund, and Mårten Palme. "Chernobyl's Subclinical
Legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in
Sweden." The Quarterly journal of economics 124.4 (2009): 1729-1772.

Sime, Workenh 21. Kim, Seonghoon, et al. "The lasting impact of parental early life malnutrition
Eshatuu on their offspring: evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine." World
Development 54 (2014): 232-242.
 Kyu Khin Gar 22. Kim, Seonghoon, Belton Fleisher, and Jessica Ya Sun. "The Long‐term Health
Effects of Fetal Malnutrition: Evidence from the 1959–1961 China Great Leap
Forward Famine." Health Economics (2016).

Andrey 23. Lee, Chulhee. "In utero exposure to the Korean War and its long-term effects
on socioeconomic and health outcomes." Journal of health economics 33 (2014):
76-93.

24. Angrist, Joshua D., and Victor Lavy. "Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the
Effect of Class Size on Scholastic Achievement." The Quarterly Journal of
Economics 114.2 (1999): 533-575.

KHAING, Sape 25. Banerjee, Abhijit V., et al. "Remedying Education: Evidence from Two
Saw Randomized Experiments in India." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 122.3
(2007): 1235-1264.
Week
8 26. Chetty, Raj, et al. "How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your
(4/12) Earnings? Evidence from Project Star." The Quarterly journal of economics 126.4
(2011): 1593-1660.

Nemanja Cocic 27. Duflo, Esther, Pascaline Dupas, and Michael Kremer. "Peer effects, teacher
incentives, and the impact of tracking: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in
Kenya." American Economic Review 101.5 (2011): 1739-1774.

28. Pop-Eleches, Cristian, and Miguel Urquiola. "Going to a Better School: Effects
and Behavioral Responses." American Economic Review 103.4 (2013): 1289-
1324.

Week Michell 29. Benhassine, Najy, et al. “Turning a shove into a nudge? A labeled cash
9 transfer for education.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 7.3 (2015):
(4/19) 86 – 125

Hye Young Woo 30. Dizon-Ross, Rebecca. “Parents’ Beliefs About Their Children’s Academic
Ability: Implications for Education Investments.” (2017). Working Paper

Sime, Workenh 31. Jensen, Robert. "The (perceived) returns to education and the demand for
Eshatuu schooling." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 125.2 (2010): 515-548.

LEE, Heonwoo 32. Kremer, Michael, Edward Miguel, and Rebecca Thornton. "Incentives to
learn." The Review of Economics and Statistics 91.3 (2009): 437-456.