Détails

Faculté	Faculté des sciences économiques et sociales et du management
Domaine	Economie politique
Code	UE-EEP.00143
Langues	Anglais
Type d'enseignement	Cours
Cursus	Master
Semestre(s)	SP-2020

Horaires et salles

Horaire résumé	Jeudi 11:15 - 14:00, Hebdomadaire (Semestre de printemps)
Heures par semaine	3

Enseignement

Enseignants	Huber Martin
Assistants	Gangl Selina
Description	This course discusses econometric tools for assessing the causal impact of some policy intervention (also referred to as “treatment”) on an outcome of interest. This may, for instance, concern the effectiveness of public policies (e.g. training programs for unemployed, income support for poor families, public childcare,…), corporate policies (marketing campaigns, educational programs for employees,…), health interventions (new medical treatments…), among many other examples. The following topics are covered: - The definition of causal effects (using the “potential outcome” notation) - Methods for policy and impact evaluation under exogeneity: estimation based on regression, matching, and weighting - Methods for policy and impact evaluation under endogeneity: estimation based on instruments, regression discontinuities and kinks, differences in differences, and changes in changes - Methods for assessing causal mechanisms underlying a particular causal effect (mediation analysis) The lecture is accompanied by 4 PC sessions based on the software package "R", in which the methods are applied to empirical data.
Objectifs de formation	Students should understand the intuition of the econometric methods discussed as well as the circumstances under which they can(not) be used to assess the causal impact of a particular policy. Furthermore, students should be able to practically apply the methods to real world data in order to conduct causal analyses.
Conditions d'accès	introductory econometrics
Softskills	Non
Places softskills	10
Hors domaine	Non
BeNeFri	Oui
Mobilité	Oui
UniPop	Non

Documents

Bibliographie

A reading list of selected papers is provided on the course website.

Examen écrit - SP-2020, Session d'été 2020

Mode d'évaluation	Par note
Description	Examination time: 90 Min. and participation in PC sessions