Econometric Methods for Applied Research II

Harvard HKS

API-114 and API-115 comprise a two-course sequence for first-year doctoral students seeking training in econometric methods at a level that prepares them to conduct professional empirical research. API-115 (spring) begins by reviewing the foundations of causal inference, covering potential outcomes, the selection problem, and randomized evaluations. The course will then cover instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, bunching estimators, and difference-in-differences and…