ECON 379

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photo: World Bank/Peter Kapuscinski (2015)

Instructor:
Pamela Jakiela

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These are the assigned readings for Professor Pamela Jakiela’s undergraduate course Program Evaluation for International Development. This site is a work-in-progress: I will be posting new lectures over the course of the semester.


Part 0. Introduction

Module 1: Why Evaluate?

There is no video lecture for Module 1. I used the slides below for class discussion.

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Part I. Identification Strategies

Module 2: Selection Bias and the Experimental Ideal

Video Lecture 2.1 The Potential Outcomes Framework (26:44)
Video Lecture 2.2 The Experimental Ideal (13:17)
Video Lecture 2.3 A Short History of Randomized Experiments (27:35)
Video Lecture 2.4 Analysis of Randomized Experiments (8:32)

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Module 3: False Counterfactuals

Video Lecture 3.1 False Counterfactuals (plus some extra math for fun) (28:58)

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Module 4: Difference-in-Differences (DD I)

Video Lecture 4.1 Intro to Difference-in-Differences Estimation (6:56)
Video Lecture 4.2 Diff-in-Diff Pioneers (21:19)
Video Lecture 4.3 Identifying Assumptions for Diff-in-Diff Estimation (13:10)
Video Lecture 4.4 Diff-in-Diff Examples (20:42)

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Module 5: Diff-in-Diff in a Regression Framework (DD II)

Video Lecture 5.1 2x2 Difference-in-Differences Specifications (19:34)
Video Lecture 5.2 Diff-in-Diff with Continuous Treatment (28:06)
Video Lecture 5.3 Diff-in-Diff with Time Period Fixed Effects (19:14)

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Module 6: Diff-in-Diff in Panel Data (DD III)

Video Lecture 6.1 Common Trends (16:46)
Video Lecture 6.2 Event Studies (20:53)

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Module 7: Two-Way Fixed Effects (DD IV)

Video Lecture 7.1 Two-Way Fixed Effects (34:40)

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Module 8: Treatment-on-the-Treated

There is no video lecture for Module 8. I used the slides below for class discussion.

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Module 9: Regression Discontinuity (RD I)

Module 10: RD as IV (RD II)


Part II. Program Evaluation in Practice

Module 11: Power Calculations

Module 12: Random Assignment in Practice

Module 13: Compliance and Attrition

Module 14: Survey Design

Module 15: Adventures in Data Collection


Part III. Galaxy Brain Topics

Module 16: Pre-Analysis Plans

Module 17: The Replication Crisis

Module 18: Criticisms of RCTs

Module 19: Meta-Analysis