Applied Economic Methods Study Group

Applied Economic Methods study group is a study group formed in July 2024 with students of Junior Scholar Club Econ(JSC Econ) who aim to attain a PhD in applied economics. 

This study group aims to hold weekly seminars during each break, focusing on applied econometric & computing methods in economics. The topics and materials covered in this group are as below:

Summer 2024

• Cluster Robust Standard Errors(Wooyong Park)

• Fixed Effects and Random Effects in Panel Data(Wonjin Seo)

• Staggered Difference-in-Differences(Wooyong Park)

• Regression Discontinuity(Wooin Park)

• Quantile Regression(Yoonseung Seon)

• Synthetic Controls(Yewon Lee)

• Method of Moments(Minwoo Shin)

• Bootstrapping(Wonjin Seo)

Winter 2025

• Introduction to Git/Github for Economic Research(Wooyong Park)

• Kernel Regressions(Wonjin Seo)

• Panel Data Analysis(Wooyong Park)

• Machine Learning Methods in Economics: Penalized Regressions and Tree-based Models(Wooyong Park)

• Factor Analysis(Wonjin Seo)

• Regression Discontinuity(Jongwook Byun)

• Difference-in-Differences: Basics to Staggered DiD(Heewon Yang)

• Propensity Weighted Estimators(Wooin Park)

• Pretrend Testing in Difference-in-Differences(Minseo Seok)