040295 UK Causal Inference (MA) (2023S)

This course covers empirical strategies for applied research. Topics include economic experiments, differences-in-differences, instrumental variables, and regression-discontinuity designs. This is an “applied-empirical” course, meaning that priority will be given to concrete applications rather than formal derivation of the econometrics methods used. The focus of the applications in this course is on "development economics". This means that examples and applications will mostly focus on studies from poor countries or trying to understand poverty. The methods will, however, also be useful for students interested in other fields, such as health economics, labor economics, or education economics.