Seminar: Health and Development
Lecture number: 800919
Block Seminar: Friday, June 18th, and Saturday, June 19th, 2021
Location: tba
Kickoff Meeting: April 20th, 9-10am, Room: tba
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Registration (FlexNow): April, 30 -- May 15
Prep Lecture: How to write a Seminar Paper: May 6th, 4-5pm
Final Prep Meeting: June 8th, 9-10am
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Due to the pandemic the seminar will take place on digital platforms
Supervision: Dr. Katharina Werner:
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Course material for participants is available at the
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Themes
1. Pandemics, Places, and Populations: Evidence from the Black Death.
Reference: Jedwab, R., Johnson, N.D., & Koyama, M. (2019). Pandemics, places, and populations: evidence from the Black Death, Ifo Discussion Paper.
2. Microbes and Markets: Was the Black Death an Economic Revolution?
Reference: Clark, G. (2016). Microbes and Markets: Was the Black Death an Economic Revolution?. Journal of Demographic Economics, 82(2), 139-165.
3. The Spanish Flu Pandemic
Reference: Barro, R. J., Ursúa, J. F., & Weng, J. (2020). The coronavirus and the great influenza pandemic: Lessons from the “spanish flu” for the coronavirus’s potential effects on mortality and economic activity (No. w26866). National Bureau of Economic Research.
4. Health and the Economy in the United States from 1750 to the Present
Reference: Costa, D.L. (2015). Health and the Economy in the United States from 1750 to the Present. Journal of Economic Literature, 53(3), 503-70.
5. Death and Development
Reference: Lorentzen, P., J. McMillan, R. Wacziarg (2008). Death and Development, Journal of Economic Growth 13, 81-124.
6. Health and Economic Growth: Reconciling the Micro and Macro Evidence
Reference: Bloom, D. E., Canning, D., Kotschy, R., Prettner, K., & Schünemann, J. J. (2019). Health and economic growth: reconciling the micro and macro evidence (No. w26003). National Bureau of Economic Research.
7. The Rise in Life Expectancy and Economic Growth in the 20th Century
Reference: Hansen, C.W., and Lønstrup, L. (2015). The rise in life expectancy and economic growth in the 20th century. The Economic Journal, 125(584), 838-852.
8. The International Epidemiological Transition and the Education Gender Gap
Reference: Klasing, M. J., & Milionis, P. (2020). The international epidemiological transition and the education gender gap. Journal of Economic Growth, 25(1), 37-86.
9. Health and Economic Development — Evidence from the Introduction of Public Health Care
References: Strittmatter, A., and Sunde, U. (2013). Health and economic development—evidence from the introduction of public health care. Journal of Population Economics, 26(4), 1549-1584..
10. Bismarck’s Health Insurance and the Mortality Decline
Reference: Bauernschuster, S., Driva, A., & Hornung, E. (2020). Bismarck’s health insurance and the mortality decline. Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(5), 2561-2607.
11. Climate and the Emergence of Global Income Differences
Reference: Andersen, T.B., Dalgaard, C. J., and Selaya, P. (2016). Climate and the emergence of global income differences. The Review of Economic
Studies, 83(4), 1334-1363.
12. Limited Life Expectancy, Human Capital and Health Investments
Reference: Oster, E., Shoulson, I., and Dorsey, E. (2013). Limited life expectancy, human capital and health investments. American Economic Review, 103(5), 1977-2002.
13. Worms at Work: Long-Run Impacts of a Child Health Investment
Reference: Baird, S., Hicks, J.H., Kremer, M., and Miguel, E. (2016). Worms at work: long-run impacts of a child health investment. Quarterly Journal of Economics 131(4), 1637–1680.
14. Mortality Risk and Human Capital Investment: The Impact of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Reference: Fortson, J.G. (2011). Mortality risk and human capital investment: the impact of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Review of Economics and Statistics 93(1), 1–15.
15. The Effect of the Tsetse Fly on African Development
Reference: Alsan, M. (2015). The effect of the tsetse fly on African development. American Economic Review, 105(1), 382-410.
16. International Medical Technology Diffusion
Reference: Papageorgiou, C., Savvides, A., and Zachariadis, M. (2007). International medical technology diffusion. Journal of International Economics, 72(2), 409-427.