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Development economicsLecture 1: Introduction to development economics and the

economic lives of the poor

Vojtech Bartos

LMU, April 27, 2017

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Poverty in the world (World Bank)

I 12% of all humans live without electricity (95.5% in SouthSudan, 0% in the EU).

I 81% of adults are illiterate in Niger (0 in Norway).I 1 billion people lack access to clean water (72% in rural

Angola, 0 in the EU).I Life expectancy in Sierra Leone is 51 years (84 in Japan).I 700,000 people live on less than $1.9 a day (minimum wage in

Denmark is $18 excluding pension benefits).I 23% of children around the world are stunted (46% in

Guatemala, about 2% in high income countries).I Mortality rate is 42/1000 for under-5 children (157 in Angola,

4 in Germany)

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Small, Loewenstein, and Slovic (2006)Identifiable Lives ConditionRokia, a 7-year-old girl from Mali,Africa, is desperately poor andfaces a threat of severe hunger oreven starvation. Her life will bechanged for the better as a resultof your financial gift. With yoursupport, and the support of othercaring sponsors, Save theChildren will work with Rokia’sfamily and other members of thecommunity to help feed her,provide her with education, aswell as basic medical care andhygiene education.

Statistical Lives ConditionI Food shortages in Malawi are

affecting more than 3 millionchildren.

I In Zambia, severe rainfall deficitshave resulted in a 42% drop inmaize production. As a result,about 3 million Zambians facehunger.

I One third of the population ofAngola have been forced to fleetheir homes.

I More than 11 million people inEthiopia need immediate foodassistance.

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Small, Loewenstein, and Slovic (2006)

I What to do?1. Nothing — there is

just too many poorpeople, we cannot helpthem all.

2. Try to understandthe situation in poorcountries and thelives of the poor tohelp develop cleverpolicies and avoidthose doomed to fail(Our aim here).

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Overview of the course

Historical overview of economic growth and cross-countrycomparison

Introduction to development economics using statistical indicatorsof poverty (macroeconomic approach)

Economic lives of the poor (microeconomic approach)

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Structure of the course

I Lectures1. Introduction2. Traditional growth models3. Traditional growth models4. Modern (endogenous) growth models, and poverty traps5. Games in economic development6. Measuring poverty, inequality, and discrimination7. Culture, institutions, and the role of history8. The role of foreign aid9. Health and nutrition

10. Education11. Microcredit: theory12. Microcredit: evidence13. Behavioral economics (if time allows)

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Structure of the course

I Tutorials1. Introduction to Stata2. Replicating Mankiw, Romer, and Weil (1992 QJE)3. Replicating Miguel and Roland (2011 JDE)4. Some practical examples on game theory in development5. Policy exercise: reducing inequality6. Replicating Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001 AER)

and subsequent critique7. Replicating Miguel and Kremer (2004 ECTA)8. Replicating Martinez-Bravo (2017 AEJ AE)9. Replicating Karlan and Zinman (2009 ECTA)

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Grading

I Final exam (100%) - June 12

I Academic integrity

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Textbook and readings

I Principle textbook will be: Ray, D. (1998): Developmenteconomics. Princeton University Press.

I Much more reading in the syllabus.I All materials available at:

http://www.vojtechbartos.net/teaching/development-economics-lmu-2017-summer/

I All readings available at the website.I Password for the readings: lmudevecon2017

I Reading and understanding academic papers!I Example today (Banerjee and Duflo, 2007)

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It’s in the syllabus!

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Overview of the course

Historical overview of economic growth and cross-countrycomparison

Introduction to development economics using statistical indicatorsof poverty (macroeconomic approach)

Economic lives of the poor (microeconomic approach)

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Why focusing on income?”By the problem of economics development I mean [...]accounting for the observed pattern, across countries andacross time, in levels and rates of growth of per capitaincome. This may seem too narrow a definition [...] butthinking about income patterns will necessarily involve usin thinking about many other aspects of societies too.”— R. E. Lucas (1988)

I Four questions to motivate the course:1. Why do we care about GDP?2. Is income (GDP) the ultimate goal? Or just the means

through which we achieve development?3. What do we expect from development?4. Why the poor countries remain poor?

I Don’t worry, we’ll try to find some answers throughout thecourse

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Malthusian world

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Extreme growth in past 150 years – global GDP per capitabetween 1500 and 2000 (in 1990 USD)

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Historical overview: growing split between the rich and thepoor

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Stickiness of incomes: the poor remain poor

I ”Transition matrix”I Grouped by

fractions of world(average) percapita income

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Stickiness of incomes: the poor remain poor

I Why aren’t the poor countries catching up?1. Growth theory would predict that with low capital/labor ratio,

capital should flow to poor countries where marginal productof capital should be relatively high – ”Lucas Paradox”

2. Many technologies have been developed in the west and canbe adopted in the poor countries – ”leapfrogging”

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Overview of the course

Historical overview of economic growth and cross-countrycomparison

Introduction to development economics using statistical indicatorsof poverty (macroeconomic approach)

Economic lives of the poor (microeconomic approach)

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Income inequality across countries – GDP (PPP) perperson (2015)

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Poverty worldwide (2013)

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Income inequality within countries – GINI coefficient(2014)

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Democracy around the world – Democracy index (2015)

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Corruption around the world – Corruption perceptionsindex (2016)

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Corruption within country – case of Italy (1997)

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Using Gapminder to project data

I Hans Rosling, professor of international health at KarolinskaInstitute, Sweden.

I Founder of www.gapminder.orgI Show video: goo.gl/dQBF0i (start 1:05, go to 4:05, then start

from 10:30, stop again at 14:30)

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Overview of the course

Historical overview of economic growth and cross-countrycomparison

Introduction to development economics using statistical indicatorsof poverty (macroeconomic approach)

Economic lives of the poor (microeconomic approach)

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Economic lives of the poor

I Banerjee, A. V., and Duflo, E. (2007). The Economic Lives ofthe Poor. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 21(1), 141–167.

I World Development Report (1990): ”extremely poor” – thosewho are currently living on no more than $1 per day perperson (measured at the 1985 purchasing PPP)

I Reading an academic paper:1. Question: How do the poor of the world live?2. Why interesting?3. Method? Description of household surveys from 13 countries.4. Results?5. Limitations?6. Policy conclusions?

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Economic lives of the poor: Method

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Economic lives of the poor: Results

1. Families of the poor2. Spending money3. Earning money4. Markets for the poor5. Infrastructure6. Understanding the behavior of the poor

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Economic lives of the poor: Families of the poor

I Very poor families:1. Are large (median 7 to 8), poor families little smaller (median:

6 to 7) – compared to US: 2.5 - both more adults & children2. Have lots of children (median: 3 to 9) – compared to US: 1.83. Have few elderly.

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Economic lives of the poor: Families of the poor

Source: US Census Bureau International Programs

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Economic lives of the poor: Spending money

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Economic lives of the poor: Spending moneyI Budget share Engel curve: ∂Food

∂Income < 0

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Economic lives of the poor: Spending moneyI Percentage of households owning a TV

I Asset ownership used as a measure of poverty. Why?I Majority of the poor own some agricultural land.

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Economic lives of the poor: Earning moneyI Majority of the extremely poor and poor have multiple

(informal) jobsI The median family in this survey has three working members

and seven occupations (Banerjee, 2006).I Frequent migration for work (seasonal)I But not everywhere: urban South Africa or Panama

I Remember Hans Rosling: ”there are more than 200 countries,not just 2 my neighbor knows: industrialized and developing”

I Between 25 (some urban) to 98 (some rural) self-employed inagriculture (subsistence)

I But almost no one reports agriculture as main source ofincome!

I Very little specialization, businesses at very small scale (showphoto)

I Almost no assets (only 4% motorized vehicle)I Almost no paid employees per business (b/w 0.14 to 0.53)

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Economic lives of the poor: Earning money

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Economic lives of the poor: Markets for the poor

I Credit markets: many people have debts, very few haveformal loans

I Majority of loans in multiple surveys come from money-lendersand local shopkeepers

I High interest rates: around 3.5% per monthI Back of the envelope calculations: they pay 50% annual

interest rate!I Land cannot be used as collateral: often no entitlements or

lack of legal enforcement

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Economic lives of the poor: Markets for the poor

I Very low rates of savings among the poor (temptations andsafety concerns main reasons): 14% have some savingsaccounts

I Very low access to insurance: 6% coveredI Reliance on social networks: families, neighbours, community,

caste...I Low levels of investment in risky but profitable new

technologies (improved seeds; Morduch, 1995)

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Economic lives of the poor: InfrastructureI What is infrastructure? Roads, electricity, water, sewage,

health centres and schools, telecommunications...I Very poor access to infrastructure: none of the extremely poor

in Udaipur have access to tap water, electricity, or latrines.I Access to electricity varies, but generally unstable; frequent

power cutsI Access & quality of health care and education inadequate:

frequent absences, very low qualificationI Chaudhury, Hammer, Kremer, Muralidharan, and Rogers

(2005): Measuring absence of teachers and health workers inBangladesh, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Peru, and Uganda

I Teacher absence rates: 19%I Health worker absence rates: 35%I Absences higher in poorest places

I Pratham (2006): 34.9% of the children age 7 to 14 cannotread a simple paragraph in India.

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Economic lives of the poor: Understanding the behavior ofthe poor

I Levels of self-reported happiness of the poor not particularlylow (Banerjee, Duflo, and Deaton, 2004), but...

I ... the poor do report being under a great deal of stress, bothfinancial and psychological.

I The poor face self-control problems (as everybody else does):I lack of savingsI insufficient spending on foodI underinvestment in profitable technologies (fertilizer

example)...

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Asset pentagon