Schedule of Topics

February 7: Introduction to the Course

February 10, 12, 14: Selection Bias and the Experimental Ideal

February 17, 19: Regression

February 24, 26, 28: 2x2 Difference-in-Differences (DD I)

March 3, 5, 7: Diff-in-Diff in Panel Data (DD III)

March 10, 12, 14: Two-Way Fixed Effects (DD III)

April 7, 9, 11: Treatment-on-the-Treated

April 14, 16, 18: Instrumental Variables

April 21, 23, 25: Regression Discontinuity

April 28: Randomization in Practice

April 30: Power Calculations

May 5: Clustering

May 7: Choosing Covariates

There is no class on March 17, 19, and 21 and on May 12, 14, and 16, as we will be doing one-on-one Stata/R/Python skills assessments.