John Ham
Professor of Economics, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Professor of Economics, NYU Wagner School of Public Service
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: BA from the University of Toronto; PhD Princeton University
Research Areas: Applied microeconomics; Labor; Health; Experimental economics

John Ham is a Professor of Economics at New York University in Abu Dhabi and Global Professor of Economics at the Wagner School of Public Service at NYU New York. He received his BA from the University of Toronto and his PhD from Princeton University.
His research is in the general area of applied microeconomics, and specifically in development economics, health economics, labor economics, and experimental economics. While most of his work is on Western economies, he is currently working on school and labor market issues in Indonesia and in Bangladesh. He has also worked on theoretical econometrics problems.
He has received several grants from the SSHRC (Canada), NSF (US), NIH (US), and SSRC (Singapore). He served on the NSF (US) review panel for Economics. He has published in many good economics journals, including the American Economic Review, Econometrica, The Journal of Political Economy and The Review of Economic Studies. He started his academic teaching career at the University of Toronto and has held tenured positions at the University of Pittsburgh, Ohio State University, the University of Southern California, the University of Maryland and the National University of Singapore.
Courses Taught
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The main purpose of the course is to equip students with the quantitative foundations for conducting empirical research in economics. Additionally, students will learn how to understand, interpret and effectively critique empirical economic analysis by exposing them to scientific papers that effectively use a variety of econometric tools. We will generally focus on understanding the different contexts and methods that allow us to obtain causal effects. Distinguishing which correlations between economic variables represent a causal relationship is crucial for policy analysis. Finally, students will gain experience in the process of conducting research by selecting a question of interest, sourcing the relevant data, selecting the appropriate econometric tools for analysis, and writing up and presenting the findings of their project to a research-oriented audience.
Prerequisites: ECON-GH 5200 and ECON-GH 5900
Previously taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
John Ham - TR 14:10 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
TR 12:45 - 14:00 Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Masters Programs > Economics MSc
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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This course introduces the major concepts and tools of modern microeconomic analysis. Students will study the manner in which consumers, producers and resource owners, acting through markets, determine the prices and output of goods and the allocation of productive resources. Consumers and producers are viewed as agents with well-defined objectives, choosing optimally under constraints on their resources. The price mechanism is viewed as an institution that disseminates information to decision makers - firms and consumers - and coordinates their behavior. Students will study circumstances under which markets promote an efficient allocation of resources, as well as sources of market failure where the price mechanism can lead to inefficient outcomes.
Prerequisite: SOCSC-UH 1111 and either MATH-UH 1013Q or SOCSC-UH 1101
Previously taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2 2024, Fall 2024
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Spring 1 2025;
7 Weeks
John Wooders - MW 12:45 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Sumit Goel - TR 15:35 - 16:50 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
W 14:10 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 1 2025;
7 Weeks
MW 08:30 - 09:45 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
W 08:30 - 09:45 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2 2025;
7 Weeks
MW 15:35 - 16:50 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2 2025;
7 Weeks
Olivier Gossner - TR 12:45 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
F 09:25 - 10:40 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
John Ham - MW 15:35 - 16:50 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
John Wooders - MW 14:10 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
John Wooders - MW 12:45 - 14:00 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
F 10:50 - 12:05 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
F 14:20 - 15:35 Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Economics
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Spring 1 2025;
7 Weeks
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The purpose of this course is to introduce students to an applied, intermediate level of quantitative and econometric analysis. The first part of the course will focus on multiple regression analysis. The second part covers experimental and non-experimental methods that are often used in empirical research and evaluation. The course is intended to give students hands-on experience with real data and real analysis, helping students become sophisticated consumers of relatively advanced statistical techniques, as well as to provide students practical knowledge to conduct their own empirical analysis. Many applications will use data from developing countries.
Prerequisites: (BUSOR-UH 2004 or ECON-UH 2020 or POLSC-UH 2211 or SOCSC-UH 2211 or SOCSC-UH 2212 or SRPP-UH 3215) AND (pre-req or co-req: SOCSC-UH 3220)
Previously taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2024
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Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
John Ham - TR 15:35 - 16:50 Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Economics > Data Science and Econometrics Track
- Majors > Political Science > Methods Electives
- Majors > Social Research and Public Policy > Methods Electives
- Minors > Economics
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Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
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This course focuses on the application of statistics and economic theory to problems of formulating and estimating models of economic behavior. Matrix algebra is developed as the main tool of analysis in regression. The course acquaints students with basic estimation theory and techniques in the regression framework and covers extensions such as specification error tests, heteroscedasticity, errors in variables, and simple time series models. An introduction to simultaneous equation modes and the concept of identification is also provided.
Prerequisites: ECON-UH 2020 and (MATH-UH 1021 or SOCSC-UH 1201)
Previously taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
W 14:10 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Aikaterini Kyriazidou - TR 14:10 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
F 14:20 - 15:35 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
R 11:20 - 12:35 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Valentina Corradi - MW 09:55 - 11:10 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
F 09:25 - 10:40 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
F 08:00 - 09:15 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Aikaterini Kyriazidou - TR 14:10 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Aikaterini Kyriazidou - TR 15:35 - 16:50 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
R 08:30 - 09:45 Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Economics
- Majors > Political Science > Methods Electives
- Majors > Social Research and Public Policy > Methods Electives
- Minors > Economics
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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Empirical Economics Evaluation
Previously taught: Summer 2021
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