| |
|
|
IZA - Conference Program
|
|
|
IZA/DFID Short Course: Program Evaluation
|
|
|
|
Program |
+++ all sessions include 20-30 minutes practical applications +++
(with technical assistance)
Saturday, November 18:
| 08:00 |
- |
09:00 |
|
Registration and Distribution of Learning Materials
Teaching Materials
Stata Licenses, Installation |
| |
| 09:00 |
- |
09:15 |
|
Welcome and Introduction (All) |
| |
| |
| 09:15 |
- |
10:30 |
|
Simon Franklin (London School of Economics)
"Impact Evaluation"
Theory of Change and Outcome Variable Selection
Potential Outcome Framework
RCT and Other Identification Strategies |
| |
| |
| 10:30 |
- |
11:00 |
|
Coffee Break |
| |
| |
| 11:00 |
- |
12:30 |
|
Christopher Parsons (University of Western Australia and IZA)
"Difference in Differences"
Motivation and Intuition
Historical Example
Graphical Illustration and Formalization
DiD with Regressions
Practical Advice and Sensitivity Analysis |
| |
| |
| 12:30 |
- |
13:30 |
|
Lunch |
| |
| |
| 13:30 |
- |
15:00 |
|
Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam and IZA)
"Matching I"
What Is (Propensity Score) Matching?
Estimating the Propensity Score
Overlap and Common Support |
| |
| |
| 15:00 |
- |
15:30 |
|
Coffee Break |
| |
| |
| 15:30 |
- |
17:00 |
|
Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam and IZA)
"Matching II"
Choosing a Matching Algorithm
Assessing the Matching Quality
Effect Estimation |
| |
| |
| 17:00 |
- |
17:30 |
|
Day 1 Wrap Up (All) |
| |
| |
| 19:30 |
|
|
|
Dinner at Restaurant "La Maison du Combattant", Rue Lecoeur, Abidjan |
| |
| |
Sunday, November 19:
| 08:30 |
- |
10:00 |
|
Simon Franklin (London School of Economics)
"Randomized Evaluations I"
When to Randomize and How to Randomize
Data Analysis and Learning from RCTs
Spillovers, Heterogeneous Effects |
| |
| |
| 10:00 |
- |
10:30 |
|
Coffee Break |
| |
| |
| 10:30 |
- |
12:00 |
|
Simon Franklin (London School of Economics)
"Randomized Evaluations II"
Implementation of RCTs: Balance Tests, Take-up, Attrition, Power
Calculations
Multiple Treatment Arms, External Validity |
| |
| |
| 12:00 |
- |
13:00 |
|
Lunch |
| |
| |
| 13:00 |
- |
14:30 |
|
Christopher Parsons (University of Western Australia and IZA)
"Regression and Discontinuity Design"
Motivation and Intuition
Examples: RDD in Practice
Sharp RDD: Formalization and Estimation
Robustness Checks
Fuzzy RDD: Intuition and Practice |
| |
| |
| 14:30 |
- |
15:00 |
|
Coffee Break |
| |
| |
| 15:00 |
- |
16:00 |
|
Practical Implications and Concluding Remarks (All) |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
Teaching Staff:
|
| |
|
Suggested Reading |
- Impact Evaluation:
Khandker, S.R., Koowal, G.B. & Samad, H.A. (2010): Handbook of Impact Evaluation : Quantitative Methods and Practices, Chapter 2, World Bank Publications.
- Difference in Differences:
Card, D. & Krueger, A.B. (1994): Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania , The American Economic Review 84, 772-793.
- Matching:
Caliendo, M. & Kopeinig, S. (2008): Some Practical Guidance for the Implementation of Propensity Score Matching, Journal of Economic Surveys 22, 31-72.
Dehejia, R.H. & Wahba, S. (1999): Causal Effects in Nonexperimental Studies: Reevaluation of Training Programs, Journal of the American Statistical Association 94, 1053-1062.
- Randomized Evaluations:
Khandker, S.R., Koowal, G.B. & Samad, H.A. (2010): Handbook of Impact Evaluation: Quantitative Methods and Practices, Chapter 3, World Bank Publications.
Duflo, E., Glennester, R. & Kremer, M. (2006): Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Technical Working Paper 333.
Muralidharan, K. & Niehaus, P. (2017): Experimentation at Scale, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Paper 23957.
- Regression Discontinuity Design:
Meyersson, E. (2014): Islamic Rule and the Empowerment of the
Poor and Pious, Econometrica 82, 229-269. |
|
|
|
|
