Syllabus/Lecture Notes Lecture Notes by Date Problem Sets Economics 312, Spring 2021, Part B: COMBINED PRIVATE KEY Link to Part A Syllabus Instructor: James J. Heckman Lecture times: Tuesday and Thursday, 5:00pm – 6:20 pm Lecture classroom: Virtual Zoom Link: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/98769123441?pwd=QzNDZ0FINU4waFhwN1hEUHJvOUk1dz09 Teaching Assistants: Ana Vasilj (avasilj0810@gmail.com) Office hours: Wednesdays, 9am – 10am Samuel Higbee (samuelhigbee@uchicago.edu) Office hours: Mondays, 4:00pm – 5:00pm TA Sessions: Friday, 4:10pm – 5:10pm Zoom Link: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/98247497997?pwd=b0x1aUZwZ3lDNzhZdW9ESlNvdjVZQT09 NOTE: Please email the TAs if you plan to attend their Office Hours so that they do not wait unnecessarily. Please email them before office hours with any specific questions so that they can prepare. If you experience problems with this website, please contact Jennifer Pachon. Course Description This course examines alternative ways to describe and learn from economic data and address well-posed economic questions. We consider: Alternative modes of inference, including different approaches to testing and synthesizing evidence from multiple sources Counterfactuals and economic policy evaluation in three current “causal” frameworks Using economics to analyze economic data focusing on discrete choice and the Generalized Roy model and its extensions and applications The fundamental role of information asymmetries in choosing estimators. Class Requirements There will be a written exam during finals week. Problem sets are due each week. They will be graded and count toward the final grade. The assignments will include analytical, free-response, and empirical questions. These questions will require the use of programming languages like Python, R, or MATLAB. Any programming language is accepted for the simulation exercises. […]
Two recent presentations given by Professor Heckman are now available to stream online.
On February 25, CEHD Director James J. Heckman will join American Enterprise Institute Visiting Scholar Katharine B. Stevens for a virtual conversation about what matters most for advancing all children’s well-being and success.
On February 16, CEHD Executive Director Alison Baulos will present CEHD research on the importance of investing in early childhood education, as part of a Marathon County Early Years Coalition event.