Course Schedule

Introduction

February 17: Introduction

February 23: Why Evaluate?

Identification Strategies

February 25: Selection Bias and the Experimental Ideal

March 2: False Counterfactuals

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

March 9: Diff-in-Diff in a Regression Framework (DD II)

March 11: Diff-in-Diff in Panel Data (DD III)

March 16, 18: Two-Way Fixed Effects (DD IV)

March 23: reading period (no class)

March 25: Treatment-on-the-Treated (IV I)

March 30: Exam Review

April 1: Exam 1

April 6, 8: Regression Discontinuity

Program Evaluation in Practice

April 13, 15: Random Assignment in Practice

April 20: Power Calculations

April 22: health days (no class)

April 27, 29: Pre-Analysis Plans & the Replication Crisis

Galaxy Brain

May 4: Criticisms of RCTs

May 6: Meta-Analysis

May 11: Exam 2

May 13: student presentations

May 18: student presentations