Econ 899: Counterfactual Analysis (with an emphasis on computation)

Room: Soc Sci 4308

Instructor: Salvador Navarro

snavarro@ssc.wisc.edu

Syllabus

My Fortran Numerical Library (password protected)

Handout 1 Handout 5 Handout 9 Handout 17

Handout 2 Handout 6 Handout 10 Handout 18

Handout 3 Handout 7 Handout 11 Handout 19

Handout 4 Handout 8 Handout 12 PS4 (data)

PS1 (data) PS2 Handout 13

Papers:

Heckman, J., R. LaLonde, and J. Smith (1999). "The Economics and Econometrics of Active Labor Market Programs", O. Ashenfelter and D. Card, eds., Handbook of Labor Economics Part 1, Part 2

Heckman, J. and J. Smith (1995). "Assessing the Case for Social Experiments" , Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 9, no. 2, 85-110