ECON 8080 Course Material

• Syllabus

Homeworks

HW 1 (Due: Monday, Feb. 5),   [[solutions]]   [[qmd source]]

• [[fertilizer_2000.RData]]   [[description]]

HW 2 (Due: Monday, Feb. 12),   [[solutions]]

HW 3 (Due: Monday, March 11),   [[solutions]]

HW 4 (Due: Monday, March 18),   [[solutions]]

• cps09mar.dta,   [[description]]

HW 5 (Due: Monday, April 8),   [[solutions]]

• jtrain_observational.dta,   [[description]]

HW 6 (Due: Monday, April 29),   [[solutions]]

• job_displacement_clean2.RData

Additional Material for Midterm 1

Midterm 1 covers the course lecture notes 1, 2, and up to the section called “Regression Components” on p.8 of lecture notes 3. The relevant material from the textbook is Chapters 1-3.15 (see references from course notes for more details).

Additional Practice Questions   [[solutions]]

Course Material

Preliminary Materials from ECON 8070

We will cover the following topics:

(Note: Some of the material will be updated/expanded as we move through the semester. Some of the topics at the end of the semester are tentative.)

0. Introduction to R

1. Linear Regression

2. Resampling Methods

3. Introduction to Nonlinear Models

4. Alternative Approaches to Causal Inference

5. Panel Data Approaches to Causal Inference

6. Generalized Method of Moments

7. If we have time, an introduction to [Nonparametric Regression]

8. If we have time, an introduction to [Quantile Regression]

Slides

• First Week: Introduction to ECON 8080