Readings

February 17: Introduction

February 8, 10: Why Evaluate?

• Impact Evaluation in Practice, first edition: Chapters 1 and 2

• Running Randomized Evaluations: Chapter 1

• J-PAL Policy Briefcase: A Balancing Act

February 15, 17, 22, 24: Selection Bias and the Experimental Ideal

• Running Randomized Evaluations: Chapter 2

• Impact Evaluation in Practice, first edition: Chapter 3

• Mastering Metrics: Chapter 1

March 1, 3: Difference-in-Differences (DD I)

• Impact Evaluation in Practice, first edition: Chapter 6

March 8, 10: Diff-in-Diff in a Regression Framework (DD II)

• Does a ban on informal health providers save lives? Evidence from Malawi

March 15, 17: student presentations

March 22, 24, 29, 31: spring break (no class)

April 5, 7: Two-Way Fixed Effects (DD III)

• Simple Diagnostics for Two-Way Fixed Effects

April 12: Treatment-on-the-Treated

• Impact Evaluation in Practice, second edition: Chapter 5

Yes, we are using the first edition for everything else, but this chapter only appears in the second edition.

April 14: Instrumental Variables

• Reading TBD

April 19: Regression Discontinuity

• Impact Evaluation in Practice, first edition: Chapter 5

April 21: Randomization in Practice

• Running Randomized Evaluations: Chapter 4

April 26, 28: Power Calculations

• Running Randomized Evaluations: Chapter 6

May 3: Survey Design & Measurement

• Running Randomized Evaluations: Chapter 5

May 5, 10, 12: student presentations