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
(WiSe 24/25) Political Economy of Social Protection
Lecture and Tutorial
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WiSe
Research
Research projects
Publications
Bocoum, Fadima Yaya, Renate Hartwig, Moumouni Koala, Lena Merkel, Salfo Ouedraogo (2024). Self-Medication Under Uncertainty: Insights on Drug Quality and Consumer Behavior in Burkina Faso. Ruhr Economic Papers No. 1110. RWI, Essen.
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.
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