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1 hr 27 min
Lecture 6: Investing in Human Capital: Theory
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MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021
Instructor: Esther DufloUploaded 05-04-23
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaGCovers a version of the neoclassical model of human capital investment, with a focus on education, to prepare for coming lectures on education and health. Highlights and discusses the role of various assumptions and policy implications.
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53 min
Lecture 11: Aliasing and Cloning
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MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana BellUploaded 11-04-24
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62A-ynp6v6-LGBCzeH3VAQBThis lecture discusses aliasing, cloning, list comprehensions, and the difference between shallow copies and deep copies with mutable elements.
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1 hr 30 min
Lecture 2: Poverty Traps: Theory
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MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021
Instructor: Esther DufloUploaded 05-04-23
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaGPart 1 of 2 of Poverty Traps. The first half discusses the Dasgupta and Ray (1986) model of nutrition-based poverty traps. The second half discusses how to use evidence to test for a poverty trap, focusing on evidence for a nutrition-based poverty trap.
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55 min
Lecture 17: Python Classes
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MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana BellUploaded 11-04-24
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1 hr 22 min
Lecture 25: Credit (Part 2)
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MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021
Instructor: Ben OlkenUploaded 05-04-23
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaGDiscusses microcredit. Covers the history of microcredit, evidence on its impacts (both overall and in terms of heterogeneous impacts), and evidence testing the role of specific institutional features of microcredit.
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52 min
Lecture 9: Lambda Functions, Tuples, and Lists
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MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana BellUploaded 11-04-24
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62A-ynp6v6-LGBCzeH3VAQBProf. Bell discusses the variable types tuples and lists and how to use lambda functions. Lambda functions are useful when you need a simple function once. Tuples and lists are indexable sequences of objects.
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1 hr 18 min
Lecture 1: Introduction to Development Economics
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MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021
Instructor: Esther DufloUploaded 05-04-23
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaGThis video introduces the course. The class discusses the enormous differences in income and other important outcomes around the world. Prof. Duflo previews the main topics of the course.
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54 min
Lecture 5: Floats and Approximation Methods
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MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana BellUploaded 11-04-24
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62A-ynp6v6-LGBCzeH3VAQBAn introduction to simple algorithms, float types, and approximation methods. Floating point numbers introduce challenges as they can't be represented in memory exactly. Approximation methods use these floating numbers.
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1 hr 30 min
Lecture 12: Demand for Health (Part 2)
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MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021
Instructor: Esther DufloUploaded 05-04-23
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaGConcludes discussion of demand for health care. At the brief, briefly introduces supply of health care, covering the "know-do" gap, private vs public healthcare, and strengthening incentives.
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52 min
Lecture 15: Recursion
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MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana BellUploaded 11-04-24
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62A-ynp6v6-LGBCzeH3VAQBRecursion is a programming method and a way to divide and conquer. A problem is broken down into a base case and a recursive step.
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1 hr 23 min
Lecture 21: PF (Part 4) / Labor (Part 1)
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MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021
Instructor: Ben OlkenUploaded 05-04-23
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaGConcludes discussion of tax, with this lecture focusing on empirical evidence about the role of the tax administration. Then begins section on labor, discussion begins with the separation hypothesis.
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54 min
Lecture 24: Sorting Algorithms
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MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana BellUploaded 11-04-24
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62A-ynp6v6-LGBCzeH3VAQBThis lecture discusses different kinds of sorting and the levels of complexity of each algorithm. The sorting algorithms discussed are BOGO sort, bubble sort, selection sort, and merge sort.
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1 hr 33 min
Lecture 3: Poverty Traps: Graduation Programs
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MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021
Instructor: Esther DufloUploaded 05-04-23
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaGPart 2 of 2 of Poverty Traps. Discusses the recent literature on "graduation" programs that provide large capital infusions and assistance aimed at breaking poverty traps. Also introduces the Rubin Causal Model.
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1 hr 19 min
Lecture 26: List Access, Hashing, Simulations, and Wrap-Up
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MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana BellUploaded 11-04-24
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1 hr 27 min
Lecture 17: Land Markets (Part 2)
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MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021
Instructor: Ben OlkenUploaded 05-04-23
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaGThis video continues the discussion of land markets from the previous lecture.
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1 hr 24 min
Lecture 18: More Python Class Methods
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MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana BellUploaded 11-04-24
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62A-ynp6v6-LGBCzeH3VAQBThis lecture discusses decomposition and abstraction at work with Python classes. Bundling data and behaviors means you can use objects consistently. Dunder methods are abstracted by common operations, but they’re just methods behind the scenes!
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1 hr 28 min
Lecture 16: Land Markets (Part 1)
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MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021
Instructor: Ben OlkenUploaded 05-04-23
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaGPresents simple principal agent models of land usage and discusses empirical evidence to test them. Topics are why the allocation of land matters and why secure property rights matter.
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1 hr 25 min
Lecture 8: Functions as Objects
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MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana BellUploaded 11-04-24
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62A-ynp6v6-LGBCzeH3VAQBThis lecture further explores functions and their scopes and environments as well as functions as objects. Functions are first-class objects that have a type and can be assigned as a value, used as an argument for another procedure, or returned from another procedure. Being careful about environments enables the creation of concise, easily read code.
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1 hr 30 min
Lecture 14: Supply of Health Care (Part 2)/ Gender (Part 1)
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MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021
Instructor: Esther DufloUploaded 05-04-23
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YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaGThe first part concludes the supply of healthcare from Lecture 12. The second part discusses more evidence on the basic household models, including on decisionmaking and information flow.
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1 hr 26 min
Lecture 20: Fitness Tracker Object-Oriented Programming Example
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MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana BellUploaded 11-04-24
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