This unit of study is designed to teach students modern applied microeconometrics. Students will learn the skills needed to causally evaluate public policies, programs, or interventions of interest to applied microeconomists. Typical examples are estimations of the returns to education, firm training programs, health or early childhood interventions, or the impact of welfare, health, or environmental policy reforms. Students will explore econometric methodologies extensively used in the policy evaluation literature (such as instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, and regression discontinuity), and learn to apply statistical software to implement these methods.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Economics |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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A minimum of ((65% in ECOS2901) or (75% in ECOS2001)) and 65% in (ECMT2150 or ECMT2950 or ECMT2160) |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Stefanie Schurer, stefanie.schurer@sydney.edu.au |
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