TRAINING COURSE ON APPLIED ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS (SUMMER SCHOOL) FOR YOUNG ECONOMISTS/RESEARCHERS

Training Course on Applied Econometric Analysis (Summer School) for Young Economists/Researchers

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10

Day 1

• IFPRI Research and Network Building Experience in Central Asia, Kamiljon Akramov
• Introduction to applied research in economics, Kamiljon Akramov
  • Additional Reading
    • Chetty, R. Yes, Economics Is a Science. New York Times, Oct. 20, 2013.
    • Angrist, J. D. and J. S. Pischke. 2010. The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design is Taking the Con out of Econometrics. Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 3-30.
• Introduction to Stata, Ziyodullo Parpiev
  • Related Materials

Day 2

• Introduction to Stata (cont.), Muzaffar Ahunov
  • Related Materials

Day 3

• Review of probability, Kakhramon Yusupov
• Introduction to statistical inference, Kakhramon Yusupov
  • Related Materials

Day 4

• Fundamentals of regression analysis, Kakhramon Yusupov
• Model diagnostics and specification, Kakhramon Yusupov
• Regression, causality and identification issues, Kamiljon Akramov

Day 5

• Endogeneity and causal inference, Kakhramon Yusupov
  • Related Materials
• Identification: RCT, Nurmukhammad Yusupov
  • Related Materials
• Additional Reading:
  • Joshua D. Angrist & Jörn-Steffen Pischke. 2014. Chapter 1 Randomized Trails. In Mastering ’Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect. Princeton University Press
  • Shahidur R. Khandker. 2009. Handbook on Impact Evaluation: Quantitative Methods and Practices. World Bank
  • Edward Miguel and; Michael Kremer. 2004. Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities. Econometrica, Vol. 72, No. 1 (January, 2004), 159–217
  • Marianne Bertrand, Sendhil Mullainathan. 2003. Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Day 6

• Identification: Instrumental variables, Kakhramon Yusupov
• Identification: Difference-in-difference, Ziyodullo Parpiev
  • Related Materials

Day 7

• Identification: Propensity score matching, Muzaffar Ahunov
• Identification: Propensity score matching (cont.), Muzaffar Ahunov
• Writing in Economics, Nurmukhammad Yusupov
• Writing Economics, Nurmukhammad Yusupov

Day 8

• Applied research in Development Labor Economics, Ziyodullo Parpiev
• Applied research in Education, Ziyodullo Parpiev
  • Related Materials
• Applied research in Development Economics I, Nurmukhammad Yusupov
• Research in Development Economics: Using IV Regressions in Empirical Work, Kamiljon Akramov
  • Additional Reading
    • Acemoglu, D., S. Johnson, and J. A. Robinson. 2001. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation. American Economic Review, 91 (5): 1369–1401.
    • David Y. Albouy. 2012. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Comment. American Economic Review, 102, No. 6, pp. 3059–3076.
    • Acemoglu, D., S. Johnson, and J. A. Robinson. 2012. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply. American Economic Review, 102(6): 3077–3110.
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Day 9

• Identification strategies: Regression Discontinuity, Kamiljon Akramov
  • Additional Reading
    • Raffaello Bronzini and Eleonora Iachini. 2014. Are Incentives for R&D Effective? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Approach. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 6(4): 100–134. 
  • Related Materials
• Applications of the theory of incentives in applied development economics, Alexander Saak

Day 10

• Publishing in peer-reviewed journals, Alexander Saak 
• Guest lecture on collaborative research in agriculture and food security in Central Asia, Josef Turok
• Economic issues, trends and developments in Uzbekistan, ZiyodulloParpiev