CDC

Difference-in-Differences Mini-Course at CDC

These are the materials for my Difference-in-Differences lecture at the CDC on August 1, 2024.

Introduction to Difference-in-Differences

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Minimum Wage Data

This is the main data used during the workshop.

• Full Data: mw_data_ch2.RData   mw_data_ch2.dta

• Main subset of data used in workshop data2.RData   data2.dta

• Alternative subset of data mentioned in workshop data3.RData   data3.dta

Additional Materials

A main resource for the material from today’s workshop is my DID chapter in the Handbook of Labor, Human Resources, and Population Economics. The published (gated) version is available here. The (ungated) draft version is available here.

The material for today’s lecture is a subset of the material that I taught at LSU in the Spring of 2024. The full set of materials for that course are available here.