ECON 490

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Topics in Economics

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Special topics in advanced economics within a variety of areas. See course schedule for topics.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: ECON 202; ECON 302 or ECON 303; MATH 220 or MATH 221 or other Calculus course. Some topics may require additional prerequisites, read the section text for each topic.

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ECON 490 class schedule data for spring 2023
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
70387	Lecture-Discussion	A3	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	Gregory Hall	Stocker, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Gender and Development Section Info: FIELD: Micro. DESCRIPTION for Gender & Development Economics: This course focuses on the role of gender economics in developing countries. A variety of topics in the intersection of gender economics and development economics will be covered, including gender inequality, women’s empowerment, household dynamics, the role of government, poverty cycles, violence, and the interaction of race and gender dynamics. The course will primarily focus on the roles and circumstances of women in developing countries and how inequalities between men and women originated and continue to impact outcomes today. In addition to learning the relevant theory, assigned readings will cover recent research in each of the main topic areas. Students will read papers related to each of these topics and will write their own research paper on a topic and country of their choice. RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s).
64175	Lecture-Discussion	B3	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	David Kinley Hall	Cenerini, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Valuation of Nonmarket Goods Section Info: FIELD: Micro. DESCRIPTION for Economic Valuation of Non-Market Goods: How much should a pianist pay for their hand insurance? Or a mining company for damages to an ecosystem? The course explores this type of questions through the most common methods for valuation of non-market goods and services. These are used often by government agencies, attorneys and judges calculating damages to the environment or health, insurance companies, and all branches of economics which need to assign values to goods and services that are not traded in markets. Topics include stated preferences, travel cost method, and the hedonic method, among others. By the end of the course, the student will be familiar with the most common evaluation methods and will be able to apply and modify them for new contexts. RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s).
54975	Lecture-Discussion	C3	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	David Kinley Hall	Bhardwaj, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Behavioral Economics Section Info: FIELD: Micro. DESCRIPTION for Behavioral Economics: This course will focus on the intersection of Behavioral and Experimental economics using field experiments, lab experiments, and tests of a theory to answer policy and social issue questions. RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s).
67468	Lecture-Discussion	D3	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	Lincoln Hall	Garin, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Tech and the Future of Jobs Section Info: FIELD: Micro; DESCRIPTION of Tech and the Future of Jobs: This course will cover key techniques in applied econometric research, with a focus on causal inference. Particular emphasis will be placed on questions related to policy and program evaluation. Techniques covered will include experiments, regression and matching, instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, synthetic control, regression-discontinuity, and analysis of high-dimensional data-sets. We will discuss the properties of each of these techniques and illustrate them using examples from health policy, education policy, workforce development programs, environmental and labor market regulations, and economic development programs. Students will gain experience applying the techniques to estimate the causal impacts of different policies using real-data sets. Students will finish the course by proposing their own program evaluation. RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s).
67475	Lecture-Discussion	D4	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	Lincoln Hall	Garin, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Special Approval: Advisor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Tech and the Future of Jobs Section Info: Open seats restricted to MSPE students. To earn the 4th credit hour, contact the instructor for details on graduate-credit work. DESCRIPTION for Tech and the Future of Jobs: Please see CRN 67468. RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
70384	Lecture-Discussion	E3	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	Lincoln Hall	Vazquez, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Economic Growth Section Info: FIELD: Macro. DESCRIPTION for Economic Growth: The course is designed to inspect some fundamental questions in the world economy- What are the primary factors driving the per capita GDP growth of any particular country? What explains the convergence or divergence patterns of growth rates across nations? Scholars have proposed different theories to address these concerns and we will explore some of them. Firstly, we examine long run growth determined by exogenous factors, secondly, we discuss endogenous growth by looking at technical factors and role of human capital, thirdly we delve deeper by considering population dynamics and its implications, fourthly we look at more recent theories emphasizing the role of institutions and finally we evaluate all the theories together. The objective of the course is to enable students to apply the knowledge of macroeconomic theory and mathematical tools to address issues in growth. REQUIRED PREREQUISITES: ECON 302 & 303. RECOMMENDED: Basic knowledge of any statistical software. R/Excel/ Stata may be used in a few classes. RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s).
70385	Lecture-Discussion	E4	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	Lincoln Hall	Vazquez, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Special Approval: Advisor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Economic Growth Section Info: Open seats restricted to MSPE students. To earn the 4th credit hour, contact the instructor for details on graduate-credit work. DESCRIPTION for Economic Growth: Please see section E3, CRN 70384. RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.