Policy Evaluation I - Einzelansicht

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Caliendo, M. and R. Hujer (2006): The Microeconometric Estimation of Treatment Effects. An Overview, Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv 90(1), 197–212.

Imbens, G., and J.M. Wooldridge (2009): Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation, Journal of Economic Literature 47(1), 5-86.

Wooldridge, J. (2013): Introductory Econometrics. A Modern Approach. South-Western Cengage Learning.

A detailed reading list with relevant papers will be distributed in the lecture.

MA-B-300 Advanced Micoeconometrics strongly recommended.
It is recommended to take MA-M-110 & MA-M-120 (Policy Evaluation I & II) together.

Old StO: MA-600 strongly recommended; enrollment only together with the advanced exercise MA-061 (part 2).

Written exam (90 minutes) + 1-2 short presentations.

Students on the Economic degree program are already registered for the exam when they register for the lecture. Deregistration is only possible during the registration period.
Students on the EPQM degree program must register for the exam separately in PULS (no later than 8 days before the exam date).

The aim of this course is to provide participants with a deeper understanding of microeconometric estimation techniques. We will use the topic ”Policy Evaluation” to illustrate and discuss several methods under various types of assumptions.

Topics:

-        Causality and the Potential Outcome Framework

-        Experiments

-        Unconfoundedness

-        Matching

-        Difference-in-Differences

-        Instrumental Variables

-        Regression-Discontinuity Design

The lecture will be complemented by a practical computer session ”Public Policy Evaluation (2)” where the estimators will be implemented using STATA.