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