"What's New in Econometrics?" Lecture Showing
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Showing of the "What's New in Econometrics?" (NBER 2007) lecture series from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
Courses 6, 8, 14 & 18 may especially enjoy this set of lectures on topics in econometric analysis -- a branch of statistics used in economic data
analysis! Please feel free to attend one or all and try some of the exercises in Matlab, Stata, Mathematica, Gauss, etc. as you stay huddled up in an Athena cluster away from the cold. (Note that there is a high variance in running time so many days will run short.)
Web: http://www.nber.org/minicourse3.html
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-252, x3-3399, levitsky@mit.edu
(15) Estimation of Average Treatment Effects Under Unconfoundedness
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University.
Thu Jan 15, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
(16) Linear Panel Data Models;
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Fri Jan 16, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
17) Regression Discontinuity Designs & Nonlinear Panel Data Models
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Sat Jan 17, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
(18) Instrumental Variables with Treatment Effect Heterogeneity
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Sun Jan 18, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
(19) Control Function and Related Methods
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Mon Jan 19, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
(20) Bayesian Inference
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Tue Jan 20, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
(21) Cluster and Stratified Sampling
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Wed Jan 21, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
(22) Partial Identification
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Thu Jan 22, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
(23) Difference-in-Differences Estimation
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Fri Jan 23, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
(24) Discrete Choice Models
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Sat Jan 24, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
(25) Missing Data
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Sun Jan 25, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
(26) Weak Instruments and Many Instruments
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Mon Jan 26, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
(27) Quantile Methods & Generalized Method of Moments and Empirical Likelihood
Sara Fisher Ellison, Barrett Strickland
from the NBER Summer Institute 2007
with Guido Imbens, Harvard University and NBER
Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University
Tue Jan 27, 01-03:00pm, E51-335
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Creativity: It's All In Your Head
Ruth Levitsky, Toastmasters@MIT, Cherylle Garnes, Ariela Marshall, Ray Valvano, Aaron Snyder, David Marshall
Thu Jan 22, 07-09:00pm, E51-145
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 50 participants.
Single session event
Most people stopped being creative by the third grade. In this interactive team presentation you will learn tips, techniques and games to sharpen, enhance and spark your creativity in all areas of your life.
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-252, x3-3399, levitsky@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Toastmasters@MIT
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Historical Evidence on the Economic Impacts of Climate Change
Professors Ben Olken, Michael Greenstone
Wed Jan 28, 10:30am-12:00pm, E51-376
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
How will future climate change affect the economy? We will discuss recent research that uses historical shifts in temperature and precipitation to understand how climate affects agricultural production, health, and economic growth.
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-252, x3-3399, levitsky@mit.edu
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International Trade in the 21st Century: Do Old Rules Still Apply?
Arnaud Costinot
Fri Jan 9, 10-11:00am, E52-244
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
This talk offers a brief overview of recent changes in international trade flows and the new theories designed to explain them.
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-252, x3-3399, levitsky@mit.edu
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Life Beyond MIT: Exploring Career Options for Economics PhDs
Arnaud Costinot
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Attend one or more sessions to find out what skills a particular career path
draws most heavily on, learn which positions might provide the best match to
your interests and strengths, explore how lifestyles might differ across career
paths, and gather some tips on focusing job searches in that area.
Economics graduate students should attend talks
prior to the year they are on the job market.
Undergrads welcome.
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-252, x3-3399, levitsky@mit.edu
An Unofficial Guide to Doing Empirical Work
Amy Finkelstein
An informal talk designed to provide some tips and
suggestions for students on how to get started doing empirical research. Primarily
aimed at 1st, 2nd and 3rd year graduate students but all are welcome
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-252, x3-3399, levitsky@mit.edu
Sponsor: Economics
Thu Jan 8, 10-11:00am, E52-244
Being a Professor in a Public Policy School
Brigitte Madrian
What are the students like? What are the programs like? What are the colleagues like? What are the tradeoffs between teaching at a public policy school and a more traditional academic department? What are the tradeoffs between teaching at a public policy school and a business school?
Mon Jan 12, 10-11:00am, E52-244
"Balancing Teaching and Research:Economists at a Liberal Arts College"
Casey Rothschild
Wed Jan 14, 10-11:00am, E51-145
Being an Economics Professor in a Business School
Robert Gibbons and Roberto Rigobon
This session will discuss how several kinds of economists (in fields such as IO, applied micro, applied theory, macro, and international) have found productive professorial careers in several kinds of faculty groups (including economics, strategy, political economy, and international management) within several kinds of business schools (from Chicago to HBS, and many in between). Of course, professorial career includes both research and teaching, so we will discuss how both may be somewhat different than in an economics department, but also how in many business schools the differences compared to a department are greater in terms of teaching than research.
Wed Jan 21, 10-11:30am, E51-149
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Powerpoint Karaoke
Ruth Levitsky
Schedule: TBD
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Powerpoint Karaoke
Practice your presentation skills without the pressure of having to know what you are talking about. You’ll deliver someone else’s Powerpoint presentation in front of an audience, and get feedback on how you did from the audience.
Members of the MIT Toastmasters public speaking clubs will also be in attendance.
to offer feedback and presentation tips.
This session is for anyone in the MIT community who wants to gain confidence in their presentation skills-undergrads, grads and staff. To see an example of Powerpoint Karaoke:
http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2007/04/powerpoint_kara.html
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-252, x3-3399, levitsky@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Toastmasters@MIT
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Public Speaking at Toastmasters-Tuesday Group
Ruth Levitsky
Tue Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 06-07:30pm, E51-057
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Learn how Toastmasters can help you overcome nervousness when you present and develop your skills in public speaking.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/personnel/toastmasters
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-252, x3-3399, levitsky@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Toastmasters@MIT
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Retirement Saving in Turbulent Financial Times
Jim Poterba
Wed Jan 7, 01-02:30pm, E51-395
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Retirement saving is always a challenge, and the turbulent financial circumstances of the
last year have made it more difficult than ever. The power of compound interest and the
favorable tax treatment of contributions to retirement plans such as 401(k)s and
Individual Retirement Accounts provide a strong foundation for building a retirement nest
egg. This presentation will describe various types of retirement saving programs, the
potential to build assets through long-term saving programs, and the broader context of
retirement saving in the United States.
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-252, x3-3399, levitsky@mit.edu
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The financial crisis --causes and cures
Professor Bengt Holmstrom
Tue Jan 13, 02-03:00pm, E52-244
Single session event
The proximate causes for the financial crisis are well known: excess leverage, mortgages
of marginal quality, fragile derivative structures toppled by a collapse in housing
prices. The deeper question is what took us to the brink? Was the system poorly designed
from the beginning? Did Wall Street greed lead us astray? Or was it merely an unfortunate
sequence of steps, each individually sensible, but collectively sufficient to take us
over the brink? The session will present plausible, but less conventional answers to
these questions as well as discuss ways to get out of the crisis.
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-252, x3-3399, levitsky@mit.edu
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