Below is the schedule for the semester. You can find the materials for each course meeting under the “Content” links for that week. You should complete the required readings before each meeting.
Here’s a guide to the schedule:
- Materials (): This page contains the readings and slides for the meeting
- Workshop (): A link to the workshop for that week
- Assignment (): This page contains the instructions for each assignment
The readings refer to following texts:
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Title
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Reading
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Materials
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Workshop
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Assignment
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Week 1
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January 15
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Introduction to the course (JS)
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Week 2
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January 20
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MLK Jr. Day (no classes)
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January 22
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Correlation vs. Causation (CT)
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DSS Ch 2
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Week 3
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January 27
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Causality (CT)
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DSS Ch 3
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January 29
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Rstudio and Quarto Workshop (JS)
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Week 4
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February 3
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Democracy and Autocracy (CT)
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Przeworski 2024, Grossman et. al., 2021
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February 5
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Democracy and Development (CT)
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Acemoglu et. al., 2008
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Week 5
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February 10
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Linear Regression (CT)
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DSS Ch 4
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February 12
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Uncertainty (CT)
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DSS Ch 5
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Week 6
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February 17
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Representation and Accountability (CT)
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Manin, Przeworski, and Stokes, 1999; Hall, 2015
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February 19
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Representation and Accountability Reconsidered (CT)
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Peisakhin et. al., 2020; Dunning et. al. 2019
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Week 7
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February 24
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Survey Data Workshop (JS)
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Week 8
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February 26
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Crime and Punishment (CT)
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Bateson, 2012; Slough and Fariss, 2021
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March 3
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Crime and Punishment 2 (CT)
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Baron et al., 2024; Gustavo A. Flores-Macías and Jessica Zarkin, 2024
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Week 9
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March 5
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Gender (CT)
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Siwan Anderson. 2018
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March 10
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Poverty and Inequality (CT)
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Elizabeth Suhay, Marko Klasnja, and Gonzalo Rivera. 2021.
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Week 10
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March 12
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Spring Break
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March 17
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Spring Break
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Week 11
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March 19
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Migration 1 (JS)
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3ie; Sviatschi (2022); Gazeaud (2020)
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March 24
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Text as Data workshop (CT)
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No readings
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Week 12
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March 26
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Final Project Essentials (JS)
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No readings
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March 31
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Foreign Aid and NGOs 1 (JS)
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Briggs (2016); Briggs (2021)
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Week 13
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April 2
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Foreign Aid and NGOs 2 (JS)
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Cruz (2017); Bold et al. (2018)
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April 7
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Climate and Development (guest: O’Brien-Udry)
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O’Brien-Udry (2023)
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Week 14
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April 9
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Climate and Development 2 (JS)
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Namrata (2023); Alberto et al. (2022)
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April 14
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Git and Github (JS)
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No readings
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Week 15
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April 16
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Github Pages (JS)
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No readings
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April 21
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State Capacity (guest: Nagawa)
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Fukuyama (2013); Ekeh (1975); Di Maro et al. (2021)
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Week 16
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April 23
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Final Project Preparation (JS)
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Assorted short pieces
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Week 17
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April 30
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Final Project Due
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