Should-Read: Maximillian Kasy: Quantitative Methods in Economics: "Part I: 1. Linear predictors and least squares fit..." https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/kasy/files/1126syllabuskasyfall2017.pdf
...2. Conditional expectation. 3. Residual regression and omitted variables. 4. Panel data. Part II: 1. Testing and confidence intervals. 2. Asymptotic foundations. 3. Asymptotic behavior of estimators. Part III: 1. Causality and counterfactuals. 2. Randomized experiments. 3. Matching and regression. 4. Difference-in-differences. 5. Instrumental variables. 6. Regression discontinuity. 7. Distributional effects. 8. Statistical software: Stata, Matlab.... Lecture slides which I have posted online...
The following empirical papers:
- Finkelstein, A.... (2012). The Oregon health insurance experiment: Evidence from the first year. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(3):1057–1106.
- Crépon, B.... (2013). Do labor market policies have displacement effects? Evidence from a clustered randomized experiment. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 128(2):531–580....
- Qian, N. (2008). Missing women and the price of tea in China: The effect of sex-specific earnings on sex imbalance. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123(3):1251–1285.
- Cascio, E. U. and Washington, E. (2014). Valuing the vote: The redistribution of voting rights and state funds following the voting rights act of 1965. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129(1):379–433....
- Aizer, A. and Doyle, J. J. (2015). Juvenile incarceration, human capital, and future crime: Evidence from randomly assigned judges. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130(2):759–803.
- Jackson, C. K.... (2016). The effects of school spending on educational and economic outcomes: Evidence from school finance reforms. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(1):157–218....
- Saez, E., Matsaganis, M., and Tsakloglou, P. (2012). Earnings determination and taxes: Evidence from a cohort based payroll tax reform in Greece. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(1):493–533.
- Card, D., Dobkin, C., and Maestas, N. (2009). Does medicare save lives? The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(2):597–636
There is no required textbook.... Angrist, J. D. and Pischke, J. S. (2009). Mostly harmless econometrics: An empiricist’s companion. Princeton University Press...
