ECO 2803F
Methods for Empirical Microeconomics
Fall, 2010
This is the
public Òfront endÓ for the more detailed course website accessible through the
University of Toronto Portal (Blackboard).
Course Description
This course
is directed at graduate students conducting research in the Òapplied microÓ fields, especially (but not exclusively) labour, development, and public economics.
While it has a labour course number, this is not purely a labour economics
course: it is a course in empirical modelling and applied econometrics. The
tools covered in the course, however, are central to those used in empirical
labour economics, as well as other applied microeconomics fields like
development and public economics. The focus will be on the identification of
casual relationships using regression-based analysis. Empirical examples will
be drawn from recent work in labour, development, and public economics.
The
readings are comprised of:
1)
The
recent book by Josh Angrist and Steve Pischke, ÒMostly Harmless Econometrics,Ó
and
2)
A
selection of journal articles.
The
evaluation scheme is comprised of three parts:
1)
An
in-class presentation of an assigned article;
2)
A more
in depth critical review of the same article;
3)
A
Final Exam
While the
course is targeted towards PhD students, qualified MA students are welcome in
the course.
Syllabus
The course syllabus is now available
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