Course Materials

Lecture Slides

• Lecture 1 – Introduction and Statistics Refresher
• Lecture 2 – Causality and Correlation
• Lecture 3 – The Magic of Randomized Control Trials
• Lecture 4 – Problems with Experiments
• Lecture 5 – Online Experiments
• Lecture 6 – Friedman's Permanent Income Hypothesis
• Lecture 7 – Regression! (Motivated by Understanding the Effect of UBI)
• Lecture 8 – Empirical Evidence on the Effect of Unearned Income
• Lecture 9 – Heterogeneous Treatment Effects and Random Forests
• Lecture 10 – Returns to Education (Some Theory and Some Regressions)
• Lecture 11 – Instrumental Variables (And the Effect of Military Service)
• Lecture 12 – The Return of Instrumental Variables

Pre-Class Prompts

• All Pre-Class Prompts Starting From Lecture 3

Assignments

• Assignment 0 - Statistics Refresher
• Assignment 1: Randomized Experiments
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  • ☁️ Open in Google Colab
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• Assignment 2: Universal Basic Income
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  • ☁️ Open in Google Colab
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