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Econ 174/274: Global Poverty and Impact Evaluation

Lecture Notes

  1. Week 01. Introduction - Why development economics?
  2. Week 02. Basics of impact evaluation
  3. Week 03. Stata Intro [pdf]
  4. Week 04. Stata Continued [pdf]
  5. Week 05. Diff-in-Diff & Clustering [pdf]
  6. Week 06. Standard Errors
  7. Week 07. Instrumental Variables [pdf]
  8. Week 08. Attrition
  9. Week 09. Duflo's JMP
  10. Week 10. Propensity Score Matching [pdf]
  11. Week 11. PSM continued
  12. Week 12. Interactions & Centering [pdf]
  13. Week 13. Programming Stata
  14. Week 14. Standard Errors Revisited [pdf]
  15. Week 15. Review [pdf]
  16. Week 16. Review [pdf]

Readings

  • Fixed Effects Models [pdf]
  • Interpreting Log Coefficients [pdf]
  • Intro to Stata [pdf]
  • Common Stata Commands [pdf]
  • Guide to Stata [pdf]

Links and Stata .do files

  • Stata tutorial (.do file) [pdf]
  • Week 7 .do file [pdf]
  • Week 12 .do file [pdf]
  • Week 13 .do file [pdf]
  • Week 14 .do file [pdf]
  • Instrumental variables .do file [pdf]

UGIS 192: URAP Apprenticeship Program (Fall 2011)

Background Readings

  • Mobile Divides: Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Mobile Phone Use in Rwanda [pdf]
  • A Method for Estimating the Relationship Between Phone Use and Wealth [pdf]
  • Who's Calling? Demographics of Mobile Phone Use in Rwanda [pdf]
  • Special report: Telecoms in emerging markets [pdf]
  • Information, Efficiency, and Welfare in Agricultural Markets [pdf]

Datasets (password protected)

Data archive 1

Social Impact Evaluation

Intro to Natural Language Processing

KIST 231: Quantitative Research Methods

  • Kigali Institute of Science and Technology
  • Press release
  • Students (2010): Gakuba, Steven; Gasangwa, Gilbert; Gasirikare, Steven; Giramahoro, Prudence; Habagusenga, Gilbert; Habumugisha, Patrick; Kamaziga, Delphine; Kamugisha, Bonaventure; Mbabazi, Justine; Mbyirukira, Nkoronko Diane; Munyaneza, Thomas; Byukusenge, Eric; Uwera, Laila; Ngaboyimanzi, Khadaffi; Ruvuta, Jean Claude; Uwanyirigira, Chantal.
  • Students (2009): BYUKUSENGE, Eric; GAKUBA, Steven; HABINSHUTI, Jean Claude; HAKUZIMANA, Jean Damascene; KAMAZIGA, Delphine; MUGWANEZA, Pascale; MUHIRE, Richard; NGABO, Justin; NTAMBARA, Tom; RURANGIRWA, Bailly; SIBOMANA, Aimable; UWANYIRIGIRA, Chantal; UWERA, Laila.
  • UGIS 192: URAP Apprenticeship Program (Spring 2011)

    UGIS 192: URAP Apprenticeship Program (Fall 2010)

  • Anita Mehrohtra
  • Ashley Nguyen
  • Viraj Mohan
  • Yian Shang
  • Ye (Jack) Shen
  • UGIS 192: URAP Apprenticeship Program (Spring 2010)

  • Paige Dunn-Rankin
  • Michael Chang
  • Viraj Mohan
  • Ye (Jack) Shen
  • Yian Shang
  • UGIS 192: URAP Apprenticeship Program (Fall 2009)