Ateneo - UPO

The course will cover the following topics:

- introduction to Econometrics
- survey design;
- ordinary least square models
- binary choice models and models for categorical data;
- anchoring vignettes and hierarchical models;
- count data regression;
- models and methods for panel data
- instrumental variable estimation

Colin Cameron, Pravin Trivedi, Microeconometrics using STATA, STATA Press, 2009.

Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach (5th Edition), Cengage Learning, 2012.

Andrew M. Jones, Nigel Rice, Teresa Bago d'Uva, Silvia Balia; Applied Health Economics (2nd Edition); Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2012.

The course provides students with an understanding of the most relevant micro-econometric techniques.
The emphasis of the course is on applied work and on the illustration of the use of relevant computer software (STATA).

Statistics (probability and inference)

The course is computer based. Relevant methods are presented alongside the Stata code and empirical results are discusses in class.

Take home essay

By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
• formulate empirical problems involving micro-data
• select appropriate econometric methods
• understand methods of estimation and be able to implement them, using appropriate software
• construct usable datasets and know the limitations of the data
• interpret the results of the analysis