SI 2021 Methods Lecture - Causal Inference Using Synthetic Controls and the Regression Discontinuity Design
James M. Poterba, Organizer
July 30, 2021
on Zoom.us
Summer Institute 2021 master schedule
| Friday, July 30 | ||
| 7:00am | Causal Inference Using Synthetic Controls and the Regression Discontinuity Design | |
| 9:00 am |
Welcome James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
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| 9:05 am |
Synthetic Controls: Methods and Practice (slides) Alberto Abadie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER (video) |
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| 10:00 am |
Regression Discontinuity Designs: Practice and Topics Matias Cattaneo, Princeton University (video) |
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| 10:55 am | Break | |
| 11:05 am |
Regression Discontinuity Designs: Foundations (slides) Rocio Titiunik, Princeton University (video) |
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| 12:00 pm | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 12:30 pm | Adjourn | |
| Background Reading and References | ||
| A. Abadie, "Using Synthetic Controls: Feasibility, Data Requirements, and Methodological Aspects," Journal of Economic Literature 2021 (paper) | ||
| A. Abadie and M. Cattaneo, "Econometric Methods for Program Evaluation," Annual Review of Economics 2018 (paper) | ||
| M. Cattaneo, N. Idrobo, R. Titiunik, A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Foundations 2019 (paper) | ||
| Collection of software packages for analyzing and interpreting regression discontinuity designs (link) | ||