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Undergraduate Econometrics Instruction : Through Our Classes, Darkly
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2017
The past half-century has seen economic research become increasingly empirical, while the nature of empirical economic research has also changed. In the 1960s and 1970s, an empirical economist's typical mission was to "explain" economic variables like wages or GDP growth. Applied econometrics...
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What Did UWE Do for Economics?
Avilova, Tatyana; Goldin, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Economics is among the most popular undergraduate majors. However, even at the best research universities and liberal … arts colleges men outnumber women by two to one, and overall there are about 2.5 males to every female economics major. The … Undergraduate Women in Economics (UWE) Challenge was begun in 2015 for one year as a randomized controlled trial with 20 treatment …
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Introduction
Angrist, Joshua D.; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - Princeton University Press
Applied econometrics, known to aficionados as 'metrics, is the original data science. 'Metrics encompasses the statistical methods economists use to untangle cause and effect in human affairs. Through accessible discussion and with a dose of kung fu–themed humor, Mastering 'Metrics presents...
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Randomized Trials
Angrist, Joshua D.; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - Princeton University Press
Applied econometrics, known to aficionados as 'metrics, is the original data science. 'Metrics encompasses the statistical methods economists use to untangle cause and effect in human affairs. Through accessible discussion and with a dose of kung fu–themed humor, Mastering 'Metrics presents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011093932
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Mastering ’Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect
Angrist, Joshua D.; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - Princeton University Press
Applied econometrics, known to aficionados as 'metrics, is the original data science. 'Metrics encompasses the statistical methods economists use to untangle cause and effect in human affairs. Through accessible discussion and with a dose of kung fu–themed humor, Mastering 'Metrics presents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011093946