ECON 186: POLICY EVALUATION IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
University of California, Riverside
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; written work, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 003 or ECON 003H; or consent of instructor. An overview of randomized impact evaluation as a tool of the causal revolution in development economics. Introduces experimental methods and covers the application of those methods to conducting impact evaluations in a range of development settings including education, health, labor, and economics of the firm, microfinance, environment, and political economy. Cross-listed with PBPL 186.
Average GPA: 2.89
Grade distribution records: 177 students across 9 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A | 22 | 12.4% |
| A- | 22 | 12.4% |
| B+ | 25 | 14.1% |
| B | 31 | 17.5% |
| B- | 25 | 14.1% |
| C+ | 14 | 7.9% |
| C | 21 | 11.9% |
| C- | 6 | 3.4% |
| D+ | 2 | 1.1% |
| D | 4 | 2.3% |
| F | 2 | 1.1% |
| NP | 1 | 0.6% |
| S | 2 | 1.1% |
Based on 177 student grade records across 9 terms and 1 professor.
Instructors
- Sarojini Hirshleifer 147 students, Average GPA 2.89