Empirical-Research

This repo will contain material for the Empirical Research course.

Course Description:

This course guides you through the process of empirical research in applied microeconomics, from selecting research ideas and appropriate methods, through collecting data, to submitting your final paper to a journal. We won't talk about these steps, we will do these steps together. Each student and instructor completes a paper during the two terms of the course, which they submit at the end of the course to peer-reviewed journals.

Learning Outcomes:

A complete, finished paper, submitted to a peer reviewed journal. Applicable, hands-on experience with how empirical research is done:

• select a research idea

• review the literature

• collect data

• select appropriate tools and methods

• iterate through analysis

• ensure reproducibility

• write and present results

Assessment:

Course is Pass/Fail. Active class participation is required. Each student presents their work in progress three times in each term. Participants critique and support one another. Paper submitted to a peer-reviewed journal. Receipt from journal office.

Prerequisites:

Sufficient background in both:

• Applied econometrics, especially causality (experiments, differences in differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity)
• At least one field of applied microeconomics (labor economics, corporate governance, international trade, industrial organization, etc)