- 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
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Prac 2 - DD
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Prac 3 - IV RD
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- 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