MGA 60204: Policy Evaluation
Professor Kasey Buckles
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Welcome to the website for Policy Evaluation at
Link to Wooldridge text on amazon.com. Link is to the 6th edition but earlier editions will work.
Link to Angrist & Pischke book on amazon.com.
Class Handouts & Problem Sets
Important Things to Know About Stata
Deriving OLS, proof of unbiasedness, variance formula, log changes
Problem Set 1 data. See below for qb1.dta |
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Problem Set 2 data. See below for HTV.dta. |
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Class Topics and In-Class Stata Results
Basic Topic |
Text Chapters |
In-Class Results |
Stats Review |
Appendix B, C |
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Intro |
Ch 1 |
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Simple Regression |
Ch 2 |
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Multiple Regression |
Ch 3 |
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Inference |
Ch 4 |
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Further Issues |
Ch 6 |
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Dummy Variables |
Ch 7 |
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Specification & Data Probs |
Ch 9 |
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Time Series |
Ch 10, 11 |
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Panel Data |
Ch 13, 14 |
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IV & 2SLS |
Ch 15 |
Excel Sheet for Chapter 2 Problem #3
Slide show on Angrist & Pischke, Chapters 1 & 2
wagekids.do Stata do file from 2/7 lecture
homework7.do Stata do file from 2/12 lecture
Slide show on IV, from 2/19 class
Slide show on RD, from 2/28 and 3/5 class
Slide show on Dif-in-Dif, from 3/7 class
Link to Buckles and Hungerman (2018)
Exams and Practice Exams
Stata Info/Help
Important Things to Know about Stata
Includes instructions for accessing Stata on campus and important commands.
Stata also has some built in tutorials. To
get started, try entering the following at the command line:
tutorial intro
Stata is installed in all classrooms and clusters on campus. Here is a link to OIT services.
Stata - This is a link to Stata's webpage. Stata/IC 15 (recommended) can be bought at a highly discounted rate through GradPlan. The cost is $125 for a year, or $225 for a perpetual license. To access GradPlan, go to this page.
Class Project
Don't forget
the project is due in class on Tuesday, April 30--NO EXCEPTIONS!
More Data
This link is to your textbook's website. You can download many of the datasets for homeworks and problem sets from this site.
Links
Stata Stata's webpage, which includes a help funcion you may find useful.
Website with Stata commands for textbook examples
Critical Values Tables This is a web page with tables for t-tests, F-tests, etc.