Online Training Workshop on Applied Micro-econometrics and Public Policy Evaluation
FromJun 17, 2025 To Jun 24, 2025
Online Webinar
Jun. 17-18 and 23-24, 2025
The aim of this online training workshop was to provide participants with a deeper understanding of micro-econometric estimation techniques that are widely used in public policy evaluation. Several methods will be illustrated and discussed such as selection correction models, instrumental variables, difference-in-difference, panel data models (fixed and random effects), and matching estimators. By the end of this online workshop, participants would have acquired detailed knowledge of and hands-on experience in public policy evaluation techniques. The training was conducted by Racha Ramadan and Chahir Zaki.
The call for submissions was announced on April 29, 2025. It attracted a large number of applications.
Program of the workshop:
Day 1 (June 17): 16.00-19.00 (Cairo time)
- Introduction and Objectives of the Workshop
- The fundamental problem of causal inference in program evaluation:
o Identifying appropriate counterfactuals
o Endogeneity: simultaneity, sample selection and omitted variable bias - Potential Solutions:
o Randomization
o Non-experimental methods
Day 2 (June 18): 16.00-19.00 (Cairo time)
- Solutions (1): Matching estimators
- Fixed and Random Effects
- Applications in STATA (1)
- General Remarks on identification
Day 3 (June 23): 16.00-19.00 (Cairo time)
- Solutions (2): Difference in Difference
- Theory and principles
- Applications in STATA (2)
Day 4 (June 24): 16.00-19.00 (Cairo time)
- Solutions (1): Matching estimators
- Propensity score matching
- Propensity score weighted regressions
- Applications in STATA (1)
Agenda
Jun 17
Date
17/06/2025
Location
Online Webinar
Time
From 4:00 pm To 7:00 pm
Speakers
Research Fellows
Chahir Zaki
Chaired Professor of Economics, University of Orléans
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Agenda
Jun 18
Date
18/06/2025
Location
Online Webinar
Time
From 4:00 pm To 7:00 pm
Videos
Agenda
Jun 23
Date
23/06/2025
Location
Online Webinar
Time
From 4:00 pm To 7:00 pm
Speakers
Research Fellows
Racha Ramadan
Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences,...
Videos
Agenda
Jun 24
Date
24/06/2025
Location
Online Webinar
Time
From 4:00 pm To 7:00 pm
Speakers
Research Fellows
Racha Ramadan
Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences,...