NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2007

What’s New in Econometrics?

Minicourse Taught by:

Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER

Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Grand Ballroom, West Tower

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 31 – August 1, 2007

PROGRAM

Monday, July 31
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Estimation of Average Treatment Effects Under Unconfoundedness (GI) (SLIDES)
10:30 am	Break
11:00 am	Linear Panel Data Models (JW) (SLIDES)
12:30 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Regression Discontintuity Designs (GI) (SLIDES)
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Nonlinear Panel Data Models (JW) (SLIDES)
4:15 pm	Break
4:30 pm	Instrumental Variables with Treatment Effect Heterogeneity: Local Average Treatment Effects (GI) (SLIDES)
5:30 pm	Adjourn
Tuesday, July 31
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Control Function and Related Methods (JW) (SLIDES)
10:30 am	Break
11:00 am	Bayesian Inference (GI) (SLIDES)
12:30 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Cluster and Stratified Sampling (JW) (SLIDES)
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Partial Identification (GI) (SLIDES)
4:15 pm	Break
4:30 pm	Difference-in-Differences Estimation (JW) (SLIDES)
5:30 pm	Adjourn
Wednesday, August 1
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Discrete Choice Models (GI) (SLIDES)
10:30 am	Break
11:00 am	Missing Data (JW) (SLIDES)
12:30 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Weak Instruments and Many Instruments (GI) (SLIDES)
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Quantile Methods (JW) (SLIDES)
4:15 pm	Break
4:30 pm	Generalized Method of Moments and Empirical Likelihood (GI) (SLIDES)
5:30 pm	Adjourn

7/27/07