Empirical Development Economics
About us
The Professorship for Empirical Development Economics does research in the fields of family economics, political economy, demography and global health.
Our research is mainly based on new and carefully designed survey data and we apply a myriad of empirical research methods in our analysis.
The Professorship for Empirical Development Economics is part of the Economic Policy Lab "Climate Change, Development and Migration" at the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research.
Team
Prof. Renate Hartwig, PhD
Lehrstuhlinhaberin, Professor, Professorin
Teaching
Teaching offers
This course will give an overview of the political economy of social protection policies. Students will be introduced to the role of different actors and institutions relevant to shaping social protection policies. It discusses the latest research and methodological advances in the field.
(WiSe 24/25) Political Economy of Social Protection
Lecture and Tutorial
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WiSe
Research
Research projects
Collaborative Project
Leibniz Research Alliance INFECTIONS in an Urbanizing World - Humans, Animals, Environments
Collaborative Project
Leibniz-Forschungsverbund INFECTIONS in an Urbanizing World - Humans, Animals, Environments
Publications
Grimm, M., and R. Hartwig (2022). All Eyes on the Price: An Assessment of the Willingness-to-Pay for Eyeglasses in Rural Burkina Faso. Health Economics 31 (7): 1347-1367.
Grimm, M., and R. Hartwig (2022). All Eyes on the Price: An Assessment of the Willingness-to-Pay for Eyeglasses in Rural Burkina Faso. Health Economics 31 (7): 1347-1367.
Grimm, M., R. Hartwig, A.K. Reitmann, and F. Yaya Bocoum (2021). Interhousehold Transfers: An Empirical Investigation of the Income-Transfer Relationship with Novel Data from Burkina Faso. World Development 144: 105486.
Grimm, M., and R. Hartwig (2022). All Eyes on the Price: An Assessment of the Willingness-to-Pay for Eyeglasses in Rural Burkina Faso. Health Economics 31 (7): 1347-1367.
Grimm, M., and R. Hartwig (2022). All Eyes on the Price: An Assessment of the Willingness-to-Pay for Eyeglasses in Rural Burkina Faso. Health Economics 31 (7): 1347-1367.
Grimm, M., R. Hartwig, A.K. Reitmann, and F. Yaya Bocoum (2021). Interhousehold Transfers: An Empirical Investigation of the Income-Transfer Relationship with Novel Data from Burkina Faso. World Development 144: 105486.
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