Week 7 - 10/02

Date: Oct 2nd - Oct 4th

What we will cover

In this class we will continue our talk on observational studies. We will cover natural experiments and differences-in-differences.

  • Social Science Research Institute at Duke University. (2015). “The Two Kinds of Natural Experiments: Causal Inference Bootcamp”. Video materials from Mod-U: Powerful Concepts in Social Science.
  • Social Science Research Institute at Duke University. (2015). “Resistance to Policy Manipulation in Natural Experiments: Causal Inference Bootcamp”. Video materials from Mod-U: Powerful Concepts in Social Science.
  • Angrist & Pischke. (2015). “Mastering Metrics”. Chapter 5: Differences-in-Differences. Pg. 178-191.

  • Social Science Research Institute at Duke University. (2015). “Introduction to Panel Data: Does the Death Penalty Reduce Homicides?: Causal Inference Bootcamp”. Video materials from Mod-U: Powerful Concepts in Social Science.

  • Social Science Research Institute at Duke University. (2015). “The Common Trends Assumption: Causal Inference Bootcamp”. Video materials from Mod-U: Powerful Concepts in Social Science.

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