Applied Quantitative Analysis Webinar Series
The webinar series will be led by Professor Sudhanshu Handa, Institute Fellow at AIR, with occasional guest lectures by specialists in the field. For each topic, an initial session will introduce the theory and a subsequent session will provide an application with data. Below is a list of topics and dates for upcoming sessions. Webinar materials including recordings and powerpoint slides will be uploaded under each session after they occur. Registration is free and open to all current graduate students attending an African university. For registration, please visit this link: Webinar Registration - Zoom
Potential Outcomes and Omitted Variable Bias I (Theory)
February 29, 2024
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Recording | PowerPoint Slides | Q&A (Theory and Application)
Potential Outcomes and Omitted Variable Bias II (Application)
March 7 2024
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Recording | PowerPoint Slides | Q&A (Theory and Application)
Difference-in-differences I (Theory)
March 21 2024
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Difference-in-differences II (Application)
March 28 2024
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Recording | PowerPoint Slides | STATA Files | Q&A (Application)
Power analysis, clustering and sample size calculations I (Theory)
April 25 2024
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Recording | PowerPoint Slides | STATA Files | Q&A (Theory & Application)
Power analysis, clustering and sample size calculations II (Application)
May 2 2024
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Recording | PowerPoint Slides | STATA Files | Q&A (Theory & Application)
Propensity Score matching (Theory)
May 23 2024
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Propensity Score matching (Application)
May 30 2024
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Recording | PowerPoint Slides | STATA Files | Q&A (Application)
Fixed effects I (Theory)
June 20 2024
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Fixed-effects II (Application)
June 27 2024
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Recording | PowerPoint Slides | STATA Files | Q&A (Application)
Instrumental variables I (Theory)
July 25 2024
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Recording | PowerPoint Slides | Q&A (Theory)
Instrumental Variables II (Application)
August 1 2024
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Recording | PowerPoint Slides | Log File | Q&A (Application)
Lagged dependent variables and the Arellano-Bond Estimator II (Theory)
August 22 2024
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Recording | PowerPoint Slides | Q&A (Theory)
Lagged dependent variables and the Arellano-Bond Estimator II (Application)
August 29 2024
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Recording | PowerPoint Slides | Stata Files | Article | Q&A (Application)