Microeconometrics 5070S (Masters)

- Lecture Slides

  • Introduction to Program Evaluation

  • Randomized Controlled Trials

  • Propensity Score Matching

  • Difference-in-Differences

  • Instrumental Variables

  • Regression Discontinuity

- Pracs

  • Database

  • Prac 1 - RCT PSM

    • Questions

    • Solution

  • Prac 2 - DD

    • Questions

    • Solution

  • Prac 3 - IV RD

    • Questions

    • Solution

- Readings

  • Angrist, Joshua D. and Victor Lavy, 1999. "Using Maimonides' Rule To Estimate The Effect Of Class Size On Scholastic Achievement," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 114(2), pages 533-575, May

  • Card, David and Alan B. Krueger, 1994. "Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 84(4), pages 772-93, September

  • Di Tella, Rafael and Ernesto Schargrodsky, 2004. "Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces After a Terrorist Attack," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 94(1), pages 115-133, March

  • Duflo, Esther, Pascaline Dupas and Michael Kremer, 2011. "Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 101(5), pages 1739-74, August

  • Jalan, Jyotsna and Martin Ravallion, 2003. "Does Piped Water Reduce Diarrhea for Children in Rural India?," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 112(1), pages 153-173, January

  • Lemieux, Thomas & Milligan, Kevin, 2008. "Incentive effects of social assistance: A regression discontinuity approach," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 142(2), pages 807-828, February

  • Levitt, Steven D, 1997. "Using Electoral Cycles in Police Hiring to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 87(3), pages 270-90, June

- Test 2011