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39557-01 - Colloquium: Advanced Research Methods (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2014 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | Conny Wunsch (conny.wunsch@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The first part of the course will introduce students to the fundamentals of program evaluation and provide an abridged overview of key issues and methods. It focuses on parametric methods. The assumption is that students have previously studied least squares regression, although the course will begin with a very quick overview of key results. The following topics will be covered: 1. Least squares fundamentals 2. The evaluation problem, the selection problem, and treatment parameters 3. Social experiments 4. Instrumental variables 5. Natural experiments/differences-in-differences The second part of the course covers semi-paramteric and non-parametric approaches to program evaluation as well as other advanced methods for estimating interesting policy parameters. The following topics will be covered: 1. Causality, social experiments and instrumental variables revisited 2. Regression discontinuity design 3. Selection on observables and matching 4. Differences-in-differences revisited 5. Dynamic treatment evaluation 6. Structural estimation 7. Sufficient statistics 8. Bunching evidence |
| Learning objectives | Learning objective: Understanding and knowledge of the main state-of-the-arts empirical research methods. |
| Bibliography | A reading list is available on the course webseite at https://wwz.unibas.ch/arbeitsmarktoekonomie/lehre. |
| Comments | Additional teacher is Jeffrey T. Grogger (University of Chicago). He is here for the first part of the course. Part I is blocked to 6.-8.10.2014, part II takes place weekly from 16.10.-04.12.2014. Part I: Lecture starts on 6.10.2014 from 14.30-16.30, 7.10.2014 from 14.30 - 18.00 and 8.10.2014 from 8.30 - 12.00 in room S16, Economcis Department. Part II: thursday 14.15-16.00 in room S14, Econ. Department, exceptions are 23.10. in room S12 and 4.12. in room S1, Faculty of Law |
| Weblink | Weblink |
| Admission requirements | Participation requirements: Previous knowledge of econometrics. |
| Course application | Registration: Please enrol in MOnA within the registration deadline. Without registration you are not admitted to the exam. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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| Modules |
Lehrveranstaltungen Doktorat Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Doctorate Business and Economics) |
| Assessment format | end-of-semester examination |
| Assessment details | Examination: Written individual exam at the end of the semester. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Registration: course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,1 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Business and Economics , studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Forschungsstelle für Arbeitsmarkt- und Industrieökonomik |