Seminar in Applied Quantitative Methods - Einzelansicht

We recommend successful completion of the courses MA: Microeconometrics and MA: Policy Evaluation.

Portfolioprüfung; 6 ECTS

This do-it-yourself (DIY) research seminar has two learning goals: In the first part, you will learn some essential skills for research in Economics, such as refereeing and discussing a paper, how to come up with your own research ideas, and how to write a research outline. We will provide you with an introduction to these skills. For two sessions a list of required readings is provided, you have to write a referee report on one of the papers and for each paper, there will be one presentation and one discussion given by the students.

The second part of the course is for you to develop and work on your own research idea. At the end of the semester, you have to submit a research proposal. All ideas in the fields of Labor Economics, Policy Evaluation, Population Economics, Political Economy, or related areas are welcome. We will support you with the development of ideas and also in case you want to request access to survey data (e.g. SOEP, BIBB BAuA) or admin data (e.g. IAB FDZ data).

For the latest information and the syllabus of the seminar check our homepage: Empwifo