Required Structure: Introduction: 500 Words -What is the empirical puzzle you have identified and the motivation underpinning it (Why does it matter?). -Describe the objectives of your proposed study. -Method Literature Review: 750 Words -Discuss at least five articles in depth -What is your contribution to the literature? -Describe what each individual study has examined, found, and concluded. Do not simply summarize, item by item, each publication you have read, but impose an intellectual order on the material. -Describe what each individual study has examined, found, and concluded. -Summarize the collective results of the literature you review (areas of consensus, disagreement, gaps in the literature). -Summarize the collective results of the literature you review -How do the articles relate and complement each other? -Reach a judgment about the quality of the literature overall: what are the key findings that appear to be valid, and where is more work needed? Theoretical Framework: 750 words -Describe the theoretical assumptions informing your research questions. -Define the important concepts of interest, the outcomes you are interested in (dependent variables), and the explanations you are studying (independent variables) -Formulate two or more hypotheses you are testing and describe the causal relationship formulated in the hypotheses. Research Design & Methodology: 500 words -Describe thoroughly the methodology and empirical strategy you plan to use, and the data you would collect, -Describe how you will operationalize your variables. Would you run interviews or focus groups, a household survey, a field experiment, or something else? -What kind of data would you collect qualitative or quantitative, or both? Why? Bibliography & References:
