ECON 626: Empirical Microeconomics, University of Maryland, Fall 2019
| Instructors: | Pamela Jakiela [Email | Webpage] ; Owen Ozier [Email | Webpage] | |
| TA: | Ming Fang [Email] | |
| Syllabus: | ECON-626 2019 Syllabus (pdf) | |
| TA office hours: | Every Wednesday, 10:30AM-12:30PM, 3115A Tydings | |
| Stata Review: | Contact the TA | |
| Other exam review: | TBD | |
| Midterm | Friday Oct 18th, IN CLASS | |
| Final | Friday Dec 6th, IN CLASS |
Lectures
Problem sets (6)
| Problem Set 1 | Problem Set 1 questions |
MalariaData2.dta |
| Problem Set 2 | Problem Set 2 questions | |
| Problem Set 3 | Problem Set 3 questions |
econ626-2019-ps3-rd-manipulation-questions.do |
| Problem Set 4 | Problem Set 4 questions | |
| Problem Set 5 | Problem Set 5 questions |
Supporting files for PS5 (zip) |
| Problem Set 6 | Problem Set 6 questions |
Supplementary material
| Ronald Fisher's 1935 Design of Experiments (1971 reprint), chapters 1 and 2 (discussed in Lecture 1) |
| Supplementary "discussion" of instrumental variables (and economics graduate work more broadly) (discussed in Lecture 4) |
| Ozier (2015) paper on secondary schooling in Kenya (discussed in Lecture 5) |
| Evans (2013) "Regression Discontinuity Porn" (relevant to Lecture 5) |
| Evans and Popova (2016) "What Really Works to Improve Learning in Developing Countries? An Analysis of Divergent Findings in Systematic Reviews" (relevant to Lecture 7) |
| Cochrane Handbook (relevant to Lecture 7) |
| Blog post on statistical refinements to pre-analysis plans (Anderson and Magruder, Fafchamps and Labonne) (relevant to Lecture 9) |
| Jesse Shapiro on how to present applied micro work (relevant more broadly) |
| Example Excel spreadsheet for calculating q-values (relevant to multiple hypothesis testing) |