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Health Econometrics

Class at Faculty of Social Sciences |
JEM208

Syllabus

The course is held ONLINE. https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OWRkODE0NjgtZDk0Ni00OWFjLTgyMTktZWRjM2U1NzExZjRi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2273844aaf-f10c-4dee-aaaf-5eeb27962a5d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2237c0078c-81c7-4d4a-8651-e2ef56c595ba%22%7d

There are no classes on October 27 and November 17.

Expected dates for STATA sessions: November 3, November 10, November 14, December 1, December 8

Prospective course syllabus: 1.       Introduction

-          Identification strategies

-          Data and measurement issues 2.       Limited dependent variable models

-          Linear probability models

-          Logit and Probit models  3.       Count data and duration models

-          Censored and truncated models

-          Two-part models  4.       Casual effect methods (introduction)

-          difference-in-differences estimation

-          instrumental variable estimation  5.       Spatial models  

Annotation

The course introduces a number of econometric methods designed to study the behavior of economic agents with a specific focus on topics in applied health economics. For each model, the presentation of theoretical issues will be complemented by critical discussion and applications to a selection of case studies from recent applied health economics research.