General Information
Course Code | E_EOR3_EEC |
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Credits | 6 EC |
Period | P2 |
Course Level | 300 |
Language of Tuition | English |
Faculty | School of Business and Economics |
Course Coordinator | prof. dr. B. van der Klaauw |
Examiner | prof. dr. B. van der Klaauw |
Teaching Staff |
prof. dr. B. van der Klaauw |
Practical Information
You need to register for this course yourself
Last-minute registration is available for this course.
Teaching Methods | Study Group, Lecture |
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Target audiences
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Course Objective
The main goal of this course is to make students familiar with usingmicroeconometric techniques to empirically analyze economic models.
Students should be capable to test economic theories empirically and to
estimate policy relevant parameters. Next they learn how to interpret
estimation results and to translate these into policy conclusions.
Students learn to distinguish between causality and correlation.
Course Content
This course first provides an overview on microeconometric techniques toestimate causal effects. In particular, the potential outcomes framework
is discussed and within this framework policy relevant treatment effects
are defined. Next, more structural economic models are presented and
empirical analyses of these models are discussed. More specifically,
during the course labor market models, consumer choice models, school
assignment models and production functions are evaluated. During the
course, there will be a theoretical
discussion, presentation of empirical studies and students have to work
with data.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and workgroupsMethod of Assessment
Written exam and homework exercisesEntry Requirements
Introduction to econometrics (linear regression and maximum likelihood)and basic statistics (estimation and hypothesis testing)
Literature
Stock, J.H. and M.M. Watson, "Introduction to econometrics", 3rdedition, Pearson.