Econometrics II. Lecture 8. Difference in Differences and Regression Discontinuity Design

In this lecture we discuss two techniques used in quasi-experimental settings: difference in differences and regression discontinuity design 00:00 Introduction 03:07 Quasi-experiment 11:20 Difference in differences estimator 23:21 OLS estimation of difference in differences 28:17 Example: Card and Krueger (1994) 46:16 Regression discontinuity design 59:36 Two types of RDD 1:01:45 A simple RDD estimator 1:07:43 Example: Ludwig and Miller (2007) 1:12:28 Conclusion The course “Econometrics II“ for the 3rd year bachelors in Economics Taught at BRICS institute, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Winter semester 2022