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Graduate Catalog 2018-2019 
    
Graduate Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECO 72600 - Policy and Program Evaluation


Econometric techniques for evaluating programs. Topics include randomized experiments, propensity score matching, instrumental variables, difference-in-difference estimates, regression discontinuity models and the ethics of human subject research.  Most of the assignments will be problems sets involving analysis of data using a statistical package and written up in the form of research reports. Estimates 5 reports of 5 pages each. One term paper of 15 pages.



prereq: ECO 72200 or STAT 70700


Hours 3
Credits 3