Session 1: DAGs and the Structural Causal Model: Introduction Reading: Cunningham 2020 (Ch. 4 “Directed acyclical graphs”)Available at: https://www.scunning.com/mixtape.htmlComplementary reading: Pearl et al. 2016 "Causal inference in statistics: a primer", …
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23/Sep - Emanuele Citera: The network origins of aggregate fluctuations: a demand-side approach13/Oct - Gustavo Pereira Serra: Household borrowing for Consumption and Investment in Human Capital: a neo-Kaleckian approach4/Nov - …
Michele Alacevich (Associate Professor of History, Department of Political and Social Science, University of Bologna) will discuss the history of development economics looking for analytical insights that can inform policy-making …
Ezra Karger, PhD Candidate at The University of Chicago will present his work: The Long-Run Effect of Public Libraries on Children: Evidence from the Early 1900s. Abstract:Between 1890 and 1921, …
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What is Technology? Accelerator, Enabler, or Displacer?29 September, 11am ETLong Chen, Anton Korinek and John Van Reenen Discussants in follow-up session: Cecilia Rikap (CONICET, Argentina & Université de Paris and …
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Session 2: Potential outcomes: introduction Reading: Cunningham 2020 (Ch. 5 “Potential outcomes causal model”)Available at: https://www.scunning.com/mixtape.html
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Is this Time Different? Artificial Intelligence & Robots06 October, 12pm ETSidarth Suri, Jed Kolko, Fei-fei Li, Rob Johnson Discussant in follow-up session: Thomas Herndon, Shu Li Session detailsAre there aspects …
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Session 3: Matching and subclassificationReading: Cunningham 2020 (Ch. 6 "Matching and subclassification")Available at: https://www.scunning.com/mixtape.html
While the Recovery Fund seem to have given new impetus to the creation of EU-level policies to fight the pandemic, the German Constitutional Court ruling on the ECB actions during …
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This workshop will include lectures by and discussion with senior level experts in the field. Overview In past decades, industrial strategy has received only marginal attention from academics and policy-makers …
