NS 685
Empirical Methods for the Analysis of Household Survey Data: Applications to Nutrition, Health, and
Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisites: intermediate microeconomics, intermediate statistics or econometrics (through multiple regression and limited dependent variable models), or permission of instructor. D. Sahn.
Focuses on empirical methods for the analysis of household survey data. Students examine a series of measurement and modeling issues focused on health and nutrition, education, and poverty. In addition, they explore methods to evaluate social programs. Course readings and data that are used for hands-on empirical exercises are largely from Africa and Asia.