31E15000 - Development Economics I, Lecture, 13.9.2021-29.10.2021

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• Empirical methods resources
  In this section you can find lecture notes from and links to recordings of a mini-course on empirical methods, that replaces some of the TA sessions of this course.
  
  These eight 45 min. lectures provide a brief overview of the idea behind causal inference and the most common methods for isolating causality used in empirical microeconomics. The focus in on the intuition rather than equations and proofs. The course is taught by four professors from Aalto University Department of Economics, and will be used as a quick methods recap for several empirical elective courses at the MA level. 
  
  Lectures 1&2 discuss the basics of causal inference and the statistics needed to understand this concept and are taught by Matti Sarvimäki
  Lectures 3&4 focus on randomized field experiments and are taught by Miri Stryjan
  Lectures 5&6 go through Difference in Differences and are taught by Ciprian Domnisoru
  Lectures 7&8 introduce Instrumental Variables and Regression Discontinuity Designs and are taught by Kristiina Huttunen
  
  I will give instructions in class & lecture notes about which minicourse-lectures are related to what material we learn in class, and students can look at this material (lecture notes and recorded video lectures) in their own time. 
  
  
  

  • Valitse aktiviteetti Empirical Methods Lecture 1

    

    Empirical Methods Lecture 1 Tiedosto PDF

    Introduction to causal inference - Matti Sarvimäki

  • Valitse aktiviteetti Empirical methods Lecture 2

    

    Empirical methods Lecture 2 Tiedosto PDF

    Statistical inference (point estimates, standard errors,, p-values, confidence intervals) Matti Sarvimäki

  • Valitse aktiviteetti Empirical methods Lecture 3

    

    Empirical methods Lecture 3 Tiedosto PDF

    Randomized field experiments (RCTs) intro and overview. Miri Stryjan 

  • Valitse aktiviteetti Empirical Methods Lecture 4

    

    Empirical Methods Lecture 4 Tiedosto PDF

    RCTs - risks and considerations (Balance checks, statistical power, level of randomization) Miri Stryjan 

  • Valitse aktiviteetti Empirical Methods Lecture 5-6

    

    Empirical Methods Lecture 5-6 Tiedosto PDF

    Difference in differences with Ciprian Domnisoru. 

  • Valitse aktiviteetti Empirical methods Lecture 7

    

    Empirical methods Lecture 7 Tiedosto PDF

    Instrumental Variables - Kristiina Huttunen

  • Valitse aktiviteetti Empirical Methods Lecture 8

    

    Empirical Methods Lecture 8 Tiedosto PDF

    Regression Discontinuity Design - Kristiina Huttunen

  • Valitse aktiviteetti Lecture 1 Causality

    

    Lecture 1 Causality Verkko-osoite
  • Valitse aktiviteetti Lecture 2 Statistical inference

    

    Lecture 2 Statistical inference Verkko-osoite
  • Valitse aktiviteetti Lecture 3 Field experiments 1

    

    Lecture 3 Field experiments 1 Verkko-osoite
  • Valitse aktiviteetti Lecture 4 Field experiments 2

    

    Lecture 4 Field experiments 2 Verkko-osoite
  • Valitse aktiviteetti Lecture 5 Difference in differences 1

    

    Lecture 5 Difference in differences 1 Verkko-osoite
  • Valitse aktiviteetti Lecture 6 Difference in differences 2

    

    Lecture 6 Difference in differences 2 Verkko-osoite
  • Valitse aktiviteetti Lecture 7 IV

    

    Lecture 7 IV Verkko-osoite
  • Valitse aktiviteetti Lecture 8 RDD

    

    Lecture 8 RDD Verkko-osoite
  • Valitse aktiviteetti Videos by Josh Angrist on causal inference and "Mastering Econometrics"

    

    Videos by Josh Angrist on causal inference and "Mastering Econometrics" Verkko-osoite

    These are open source short instructional videos about the intuition behind different econometric methods and approaches.