B5R50715 - Methods in empirical development economics - Cours magistral
The course will be divided into two blocks : (1) Presentation of new data, methods and software applied to development economics, (2) collective projects.
Section 1 : Presentation of new data, methods and softwares applied to Development Economics
Chapter 1 (6 hours): New data applied to development economics
Presentation of new data in Development (satellites, nightlights, mobile phone, social media, geo-climatic data) and their use in the Development Economics literature
Chapter 2 (6 hours): Field data collection and management
How to collect data on the field: the project submission, the ethical approval (IRB), survey design and sampling, survey coding, data processing, data reporting
Chapter 3 (6 hours): GIS data, QGIS and application in Development
Presentation of GIS data, introduction to QGIS, conception of maps and coding
Chapter 4 (6 hours): PYTHON, Data Management and Web Scraping
Introduction to Python, Data Management and analysis with Python, Web scraping with Python
Section 2 : Collective projects
Students will be divided into 3 groups to conduct a small project on a specific topic in development related to the methods presented in the first section.
Group 1 : Conception of a survey (using GeoDK), data collection and data processing using R / Stata
Group 2: Conception of maps using Qgis, coding and data processing using R / Stata
Group 3 : Small project on Python / R (Data management, web scraping)
Each group will be supervised by a teacher who will assist students in their project. A final workshop will be organized to present the final output.
6 hours (TD) for each group.
Informations sur l'espace de cours
| Nom | Methods in empirical development economics - MEDE |
| Nom abrégé | UP1-C-ELP-B5R50715-02 - MEDE |
| Enseignants | Bazillier Remi, Becerra Valbuena Luis, Chauvet Lisa, HOUNGBEDJI Kenneth, le Rossignol Etienne, Renault Thomas, Thuilliez Josselin |
| Autres intervenants | Anselme Brice |
| Groupes utilisateurs inscrits | Consultation des ressources, participation aux activités :
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Rattachements à l'offre de formation
| Élément pédagogique | UP1-C-ELP-B5R50715 - Methods in empirical development economics |
| Chemin complet | > Année 2024-2025 > Paris 1 > École d'économie de la Sorbonne > Master 2 Recherche Development economics > Semestre 3 > UE2 Enseignements de méthodes > Methods in empirical development economics |