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Proseminar on Inequality and Social Policy | Gov 2340

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2011
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(Expected Spring 2011)

Deals with the economic, political, and sociological causes of labor market inequality, including educational inequality, intergenerational inheritance of advantages, discrimination, immigration, and labor market regulation. Special attention is given to the economic and social effects of such policies.

 

Research Workshop on Political Economy | Gov 3007

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Offered: 

2011
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The Research Workshop on Positive Political Economy is a year-long graduate seminar aimed at encouraging cross-disciplinary research and excellence in graduate training. We explore how political and economic outcomes reflect choices constrained by institutions, as well as the way in which specific institutions affect change more generally.

Political Economy | Gov90au

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2011
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(Expected Fall 2011)

Examines modern theories of political economy and their applications to macro problems in advanced industrialized democracies. Why do some governments and countries generate better economic performance than others? Why are some economies more egalitarian than others? How do politicians manipulate the economy for partisan gain, and how are politicians constrained by institutions and the global economy? These are some of the questions that we will seek to answer using the most promising theories in political science and economics.

Comparative Political Economy, Developed countries | Gov 1132

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2011

This is a lecture course that introduces advanced undergraduates to the field of comparative political economy with a focus on developed democracies in Europe, North America, and East Asia. It is part of a sequence of two courses where the other is focused on developing countries and usually taught by Robert Bates (Gov1100).

Politics and Economics (with Jim Alt) | Gov 2160

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Fall

Offered: 

2010
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This seminar is on the political economy of policymaking and institutional change. Readings include a mixture of foundational approaches and recent research, covering a variety of methodological perspectives. The topical emphasis is on democracy, accountability, inequality, redistribution, and growth. The course provides students interested in these topics an overview over the existing literature (with a focus on recent, exciting work), an understanding of key unanswered questions and puzzles, as well as a set of theoretical and methodological tools that can be employed to answer...

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