Master 2 Development Economics& Economie du Développement Durable

Start of the Year MeetingSeptember 7, 2018

http://www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/diplomes/masterdevelopmenteconomics

http://www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/diplomes/masterdevelopmenteconomics

Contacts

Rémi Bazillier Director of the Master Development

Economics

Director of the Mention Développement

remi.bazillier@univ-paris1.fr

Laetitia Duval Director of the Master Economie du

Développement Durable

laetitia.duval@univ-paris1.fr

Jenna Martin Administration

Office hours:

PMF (Tolbiac): Monday/Tuesday 9h30-12h

/ 14h-16h

MSE (office 228):

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday 9h30-12h /

14h-16h

mastersEES02@univ-paris1.fr

mailto:remi.bazillier@univ-paris1.frmailto:Laetitia.duval@univ-paris1.frmailto:mastersEES02@univ-paris1.fr

UE 1 "Enseignements fondamentaux"

Cours obligatoire

Development theory (Hillel Rapoport and Jean-Bernard Chatelain)

Cours obligatoire Firm performance and development (Maria Bas)

Cours obligatoire

Labour & environmental regulations and multinational firms (Rémi Bazillier)

Cours obligatoire Master thesis seminar

UE 2 "Enseignements de méthodes"

Cours obligatoire

Methods in empirical development economics (Marie Boltz and invited professors)

Cours obligatoire Econometrics and impact evaluation (Marc-Arthur Diaye)

Cours obligatoire Econometrics seminar on computer (Arnaud Millien)

First Semester

Quantitative courses (first semester)

• Econometrics (Marc-Arthur Diaye)

• Empirical Methods in Development Economics (Marie Boltz and invited professors)

• Econometrics seminar on computer (Arnaud Millien)

• Software: Stata• Free access to the software / licence

Second Semester

UE n° 1 : Cours de spécialisation : 6 to

be chosen in the following list

Equity, Poverty and Development

Catherine Bros (Univ. Paris-Est Marne La

Vallée, ERUDITE)

Human capital and development: education

and health policies

David Margolis (CNRS, PSE)

Josselin Thuilliez (CNRS, CES)

Institutions, governance and development

Lisa Chauvet (DIAL, IRD) & Véronique

Gille (DIAL, IRD)

Trade policy, Inequality and Growth

Frédéric Docquier (IRES, UCL Louvain)

Helène Latzer (CNRS, CES)

Mathilde Maurel (CNRS, CES)

Population, Migration and Development Hillel Rapoport (Univ. Paris 1, PSE)

Globalisation and development strategies Jérome Valette (Univ. Paris 1, CES)

Transfers of technology Lorenzo Cassi (Univ. Paris 1, PSE)

Master Thesis Seminar

• For all students of the Master Development Economics

• For students of the Master Economie du Développement Durable who choose to write a research thesis as a substitute to the traineeship: to be decidedby 14 September (to attend the Master thesis seminar).

20-septDefining a good research project27-septWriting a good research paper

11-octPresentation of potential supervisors and their topics18-octDiscussions with former students08-novBrainstorm #115-novBrainstorm #2

11-janvPresentation Benchmark Paper #118-janvPresentation Benchmark Paper #225-janvPresentation Benchmark Paper #3

1-fev Presentation Benchmark Paper #4

08-marsPrésentation résultats préliminaires #115-marsPrésentation résultats préliminaires #2

Paris Sorbonne Sustainable DevelopmentSeminar (Research Seminar)• The seminar invites French and

foreign scholars to present their ongoing research in development, population, health and environment.

• Compulsory for students of the Master Development Economics

Thursday, October 4th 2018, 6th floorRustam Ibragimov (Imperial College)Thursday, October 18th 2018, 6th floorEric Defebvre (U. Paris 1)Thursday, November 8th 2018, 6th floor

Mathilde Godard (GATE, CNRS)Thursday, November 22nd 2018, S19

Mathieu Couttenier (GATE, CNRS)Thursday, December 20th 2018, 6th floorJean-Louis Arcand (Graduate Institute Geneva)Thursday, January 17th 2019, 6th floorFrédéric Docquier (UC Louvain)Thursday, January 31st 2019, 6th floorMaria Guadalupe (INSEAD)

Thursday, February 7th 2019, Elisa Sicuri (Imperial College)Thursday, February 14th 2019, 6th floorSara Lowes (Bocconi)

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/i.rustamhttps://sites.google.com/site/ericdefebvre/https://sites.google.com/site/mathildegodard1/homehttps://sites.google.com/site/coutteniermathieu/http://graduateinstitute.ch/faculty/directory/arcandhttps://perso.uclouvain.be/frederic.docquier/https://www.insead.edu/faculty-research/faculty/maria-guadalupehttp://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/e.sicurihttp://www.saralowes.com/

Master Thesis

• End of November: choice of the supervisor and the topic, selection of the benchmark paper

• January: presentation of benchmark paper in the master thesisseminar

• March: Preliminary Results

• May, 17th: Submission of the master thesis

• May 21st-24th: defense (soutenance)

M2 Development EconomicsLibrary (centre de documentation)

• Visit on Thursday 13/09 at 2pm.

• TD "Méthodologie de la recherche documentaire et bases de données statistiques" in French on 04/10 from 2pm to 4pm, room S4.

• TD "Méthodologie de la recherche documentaire et bases de données statistiques" in English on 04/10 from 4pm to 6pm, room S4.

• TD "Logiciel de gestion bibliographique - Zotero" in French on 22/11 from 2pm to 4pm, room S4.

• TD "Logiciel de gestion bibliographique - Zotero" in English on 22/11 from 4pm to 6pm, room S4.

M2 Economie du Développement Durable Library (centre de documentation)

• Visit on Thursday 13/09 at 2pm.

• TD "Méthodologie de la recherche documentaire et bases de données statistiques" in French on 13/09 from 9am to 11am, room S4.

• TD "Méthodologie de la recherche documentaire et bases de données statistiques" in English on 13/09 from 11am to 1pm, room S4.

• TD "Logiciel de gestion bibliographique - Zotero" in French on 27/09 from 9am to 11am, room S4.

• TD "Logiciel de gestion bibliographique - Zotero" in English on 27/09 from 11am to 1pm, room S4.

M2 Economie du Développement Durable First Semester

• Same courses as M2 Devt Economics except for Firm performance, plus 2 courses related to sustainable development (cf. fiche pédagogique, DDMEG, courses from November to February).

• In addition you have a compulsory Case Study (étude de cas) organised through team work (groupe de travail).

• Subjects proposed by economists working for European Commission, AFD, Global Education Monitoring Report-UNESCO, International Institute for Educational Planning-UNESCO, Vigeo Eiris.

• Meeting Case Study: Friday 28 September at 10-12pm in Maison des Sciences Economiques.

M2 Economie du Développement Durable Second Semester

• Case study (same as 1rst semester).

• 5 elective courses among:• Equity, Poverty and Development• Human capital and development• Education and health Population• Migration and development• Globalisation and development strategies• Economie du genre• Investissement socialement responsable• Microcrédit • Energies et marchés THE LAST COURSES (IN RED) ARE IN THE BANQUE & FINANCE PROGRAM

M2 Economie du Développement DurableTraineeship

• Traineeship starts after the end of courses and exams, i.e. in May (dates of exams to be determined by the secretariat).

• Length at least 3 months (max. 6 months with the same employer).

• You have to submit a report to your employer and the university (witha defense to be organised in November).

• You can choose to write a research thesis as a substitute to the traineeship: to be decided by 14 September (to attend the Master thesis seminar).

International DevelopmentEconomics Association (IDEAs)

• The IDEAs was founded with the aim to stimulate and supportthe interaction of former and current master students, tofacilitate professional integration, and to increase the nationaland international visibility of the master.

• IDEAs’ objectives:The association helps alumni connect with the University and with fellowgraduates through various events. It supports students with practicaladvices for studies, providing job opportunities and networking. Theseservices strengthen alumni’s ties to Paris 1 and to each others.

ideas@paris1-univ.fr

• IDEAS cocktail (with former and new students): Wednesday, September 19th, 18h, 6th room floor

mailto:ideas@paris1-univ.fr