Lecture 2: Poverty Traps: Theory

Om kurset

Description: Part 1 of 2 of Poverty Traps. The first half discusses the Dasgupta and Ray (1986) model of nutrition-based poverty traps. The second half discusses how to use evidence to test for a poverty trap, focusing on evidence for a nutrition-based poverty trap. Session 2 lecture slides (PDF - 1.0MB) Instructor: Esther Duflo