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B030726 - Stata Lab I: software
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Suggested readings
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Prerequisites
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Course program
Academic Year 2021-22
Coorte 2021 - Second Cycle Degree in ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Economics and Management (DISEI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
-
Credits
3
Teaching Hours
24
Teaching Term
21/02/2022 ⇒ 31/05/2022
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Giudizio Finale
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B030694 - POLICY EVALUATION METHODS AND PRACTISES LAB
Second Cycle Degree in ECONOMIC SCIENCES
Curriculum SISTEMI PRODUTTIVI TERRITORIO SOSTENIBILITA'
B030694 - POLICY EVALUATION METHODS AND PRACTISES LAB
Second Cycle Degree in ECONOMIC SCIENCES
Curriculum SISTEMI PRODUTTIVI TERRITORIO SOSTENIBILITA'
Teaching Language
ENGLISH
Course Content
This lab deals with common quantitative approaches for ex post policy analysis.
In the first part of the course students will learn how to use Stata in a very practical manner by solving assignments and replicating analysis of published papers.
The second part focuses on causality and provides students with a statistical toolkit which will allow them to plan and conduct their own independent research using the main techniques of impact assessment from randomized experiments to matching.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
• Gertler, P.J., Martinez, S., Premand , P., Rawlings, L.B., and Vermeersch, C.M.J., 2011. Impact Evaluation in Practice. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
• Khandker, S.R., Koolwal, G.B., and Samad, H.A., 2010. Handbook on Impact Evaluation. Quantitative Methods and Practices. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank
• Bittman F. STATA. A really short introduction, Berlin, De Gruyter
Learning Objectives
After attending the course students will learn how to use Stata to implement quantitative techniques for impacy analysis in a very practical manner and assess a technical report about the impact analysis of programmes or policies
Prerequisites
Basic statistics and econometric knowledges are welcomed although not strictly necessary
Teaching Methods
This lab is taught in standard classes and in the lab with relatively simple examples in stata. Small group activities will be arranged as well such as reading and discussing papers, solving and discussing casual analysis or conterfactual exercises.
Standard classes: 16 hours
Small group activities: 8 hours
Practicals in the pc lab : 24 hours
Further information
All module materials (handouts, guidelines for small group activities, stata codes) are available on the Moodle platform. Please ask the convenor for the password
Type of Assessment
Final : 2 open ended questions ( 2nd part) and/or a problem sets to be solved with stata ( first part) ( time: 60-90 minutes)
Students are required to attend at least 60% of classes/ labs in order to get a pass
Course program
The program of the first part (Stata lab) includes the following issues: data management, commands to describe and summarize data, programming basics, application to a LSMS dtaset.
The program for the second part ( policy evaluation methods) includes the following issues: Introduction to policy evaluation, ex post evaluation, causality, randomized experiments , quasi experiments, reviewing of policy evaluation papers