Using Economic Models to Understand Education Systems

Harvard HGSE

*Lottery-based Enrollment* This course introduces students to fundamental principles of microeconomics with a focus on questions relevant to education. The main goal is to train students to appreciate the power of precise and analytical thinking through the lens of economic models of human behavior. Given that these models have powerful implications for policy choices, emphasis will also be placed on the limits and strengths of such analytic thinking. Examples of policy problems are drawn…