REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE ON APPLIED ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS (SUMMER SCHOOL) FOR YOUNG ECONOMISTS – TRAINING MATERIALS

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in collaboration with its partner institution based in Central Asia - Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) - held a Training Course on Advanced Applied Econometrics from June 12 – 23, 2017, for the fourth consecutive year. This two-week training course for young researchers from the region took place at WIUT in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. More than 20 participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan participated in the training. Participants were selected on a competitive basis based on their interest and background in applied research, as well as their knowledge and skill level in quantitative methods.

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10

Day 1

• Introduction to applied research in economics, Kamiljon Akramov
• Introduction to Stata, Muzaffar Ahunov
  • Related Materials (zip 36 Kb)

Day 2

• Looping and useful shortcuts in Stata, Muzaffar Ahunov
• Drawing graphs and maps in Stata, Muzaffar Ahunov
• Review of probability (Conditional probability, random variables: discrete vs continuous, distributions and moments, covariance and variance), Farrukh Ataev
• Review of probability (cont.), Farrukh Ataev
  • Additional Reading and Related Materials:
    • Session 1 (zip 616 Kb)
    • Session 2 (zip 194 Kb)

Day 3

• Distributions in statistics, Farrukh Ataev
• Distributions in statistics (cont.), Farrukh Ataev
• Introduction to statistical inference (Hypothesis testing: p-value, t-test, F-test, confidence intervals), Umid Aliev
• Introduction to statistical inference (cont.), Umid Aliev
  • Session 3-4 Related Materials (zip 18 Kb)

Day 4

• Fundamentals of regression analysis, Kakhramon Yusupov
• Fundamentals of regression analysis (cont.), Kakhramon Yusupov
• Model diagnostics and specification, Kakhramon Yusupov
• Regression, causality and identification issues, Kamiljon Akramov
  • Session 1 -2 Related Materials (zip 1,578 Kb)

Day 5

• Endogeneity and causal inference, Kakhramon Yusupov
• Endogeneity and causal inference (cont.), Kakhramon Yusupov
• Identification: Instrumental Variables, Ziyodullo Parpiev
  • Additional Reading and Related Materials:
    • Session 1 - 2:
      • Acemoglu, D., Johnson, S. and J. A. Robinson. 2001. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation. American Economic Review, 91 (5): 1369–1401. (Data files can be downloaded in here.)

Day 6

• Identification: Natural Experiments and RCT, Bakhrom Mirkasimov
• Identification: Difference-in-difference (DiD), Ziyodullo Parpiev
• Identification: Difference-in-difference (DiD) (cont.), Ziyodullo Parpiev
  • Additional Reading and Related Materials:
    • Drydakis, Nick. 2015. The effect of sexual activity on wages. International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 36 Issue: 2, pp.192-215, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-11-2012-0163
    • Miguel, E. and Kremer, M. 2004. Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities. Econometrica, 72: 159–217. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0262.2004.00481.x
    • Bertrand, M. and Mullainathan, S. 2004. Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination. American Economic Review, 94(4): 991-1013.

Day 7

• Applied Research in Economics of Education, Umid Aliev
• Time series and structural breaks, Ziyodullo Parpiev
• Identification strategies: Regression Discontinuity, Kamiljon Akramov
  • Additional Reading and Related Materials:
    • Session 1:
      • Aliev, U. (n.d.) "Does attendance improve academic performance: empirical investigation of undergraduate students?" mimeo. (Data files can be downloaded in here.)
    • Session 2 (zip 370 Kb)
    • Session 3:
      • Lee, David S., and Lemieux, T. 2010. Regression Discontinuity Designs in Economics. Journal of Economic Literature, 48(2): 281-355.
      • Bronzini, R. and Iachini, E. 2014. Are Incentives for R&D Effective? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Approach. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 6(4): 100-134. (Data and related files can be downloaded in here.)

Day 8

• Applied research in Development Economics: few examples, Kamiljon Akramov
• Applied research in Development Economics: few examples (cont.), Kamiljon Akramov
• Writing and Publishing in Economics, Ziyodullo Parpiev
• Applied research in Labour Economics, Bakhrom Mirkasimov
  • Additional Reading and Related Materials:
    • Session 1:
      • Acemoglu, D., Johnson, S. and J. A. Robinson. 2001. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation. American Economic Review, 91 (5): 1369–1401. (Data files can be downloaded in here.)
      • Acemoglu, D., Johnson, S. and J. A. Robinson. 2012. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply. American Economic Review, 102(6): 3077–3110.
      • David Y. Albouy. 2012. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Comment. American Economic Review, 102(6): 3059–3076.
      • Akramov, Kamiljon T. 2012. Foreign aid allocation, governance, and economic growth. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press for International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780812244656. (Data files can be downloaded in here.)
    • Session 2:
      • Bazzi, Samuel, Arya Gaduh, Alexander D. Rothenberg, and Maisy Wong. 2016. Skill Transferability, Migration, and Development: Evidence from Population Resettlement in Indonesia. American Economic Review, 106(9): 2658-98. (Data files can be downloaded in here.)
    • Session 4:
      • Joshua D. Angrist and Alan B. Krueger. 1999. Chapter 23 - Empirical Strategies in Labor Economics. In Handbook of Labor Economics. Volume 3, Part A, Pages 1277-1366.

Day 9

• Applications of the theory of incentives in applied development economics, Alexander Saak
• Identification: Propensity score matching, Ziyodullo Parpiev
• Identification: Propensity score matching (cont.), Bakhrom Mirkasimov
  • Additional Reading and Related Materials:
    • Session 4:
      • Chakraborty, T., Mirkasimov, B. and S. Steiner. 2014. Transfer behavior in migrant sending communities. Journal of Comparative Economics. Volume 43, Issue 3, August 2015, Pages 690-705.
      • Rajeev H. Dehejia and Sadek Wahba. 2002. Propensity Score-Matching Methods for Nonexperimental Causal Studies. Review of Economics and Statistics. Volume 84, Issue 1, Pages 151-161.
      • Rajeev H. Dehejia and Sadek Wahba. 1999. Causal Effects in Nonexperimental Studies: Reevaluating the Evaluation of Training Programs. Journal of the American Statistical Association. Volume 94, Issue 448, Pages 1053-1062.
      • Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion. 2003. Does piped water reduce diarrhea for children in rural India? Journal of Econometrics. Volume 112, Issue 1, Pages 153-173.
      • Related Materials (zip 192 Kb)

Day 10

• Publishing in peer-reviewed journals, Alexander Saak
• Research and publication at IFPRI: opportunities for collaboration, Alexander Saak
• Collaborative Research in agriculture and food security in Central Asia, Kamiljon Akramov
• Presentation of a research project on production and consumption of wheat in Uzbekistan, Ziyodullo Parpiev
• Presentation of a research project on bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan, Bakhrom Mirkasimov