M2-Econometrics-Book
Welcome to our replication textbook!
1
Randomized Control Trials
1.1
Subsidies and the African Green Revolution: Direct effects and social network spillovers of randomized input subsidies in Mozambique
Highlights
1.1.1
Background elements
1.1.2
Replication of Table 2 - Regressions with spillover effects
1.1.3
Replication of Figure 2 - Direct and Spillover Impacts of Subsidies
1.1.4
Replication of Table 7 - Separated Estimation of Spillover Effects for the First and Second Years After the Program
2
Instrumental Variables
2.1
Winners and losers from Agrarian Reform: Evidence from Danish land inequality 1682–1895
Highlights
2.1.1
Introduction
2.1.2
Identification strategy
2.1.3
From the article to practice: exploring the replication code
2.2
Can you move to opportunity? Evidence from the great migration
Highlights
2.2.1
Introduction and historical background
2.2.2
Data on upward mobility and city demographics
2.2.3
Initialization and organization of the directories
2.2.4
Descriptive Statistics
2.2.5
Identification strategy
2.2.6
Model Equations:
2.2.7
Results on upward mobility
2.2.8
Robustness checks
2.2.9
Contribution
3
Regression Discontinuity Design
3.1
The Persistent Effects of Peru’s Mining
Mita
Highlights
3.1.1
Introduction
3.1.2
Good Practices
3.1.3
Table 1 - Summary Statistics
3.1.4
Table 2 - Main Results
3.1.5
Table 3 - Robustness Results
3.1.6
Appendix: Automatization of table outputs
3.2
Political Fragmentation and Government Stability: Evidence from Local Governments in Spain
Highlights
3.2.1
Introduction
3.2.2
RDD Methodology and Paper Summary
3.2.3
Good Practices Before Starting
3.2.4
Descriptive Statistics
3.2.5
Empirical Strategy
3.2.6
Main Results
3.2.7
Robustness Checks
3.3
Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics?”
Highlights
3.3.1
Introduction
3.3.2
Identification Strategy
3.3.3
Good Practices
3.3.4
Summary Statistics
3.3.5
Main Results
3.3.6
Robustness Check
4
Differences in Discontinuity Design
4.1
Equality of opportunity and human capital accumulation: Motivational effect of a nationwide scholarship in Colombia
Highlights
4.1.1
Before we start
4.1.2
Introduction
4.1.3
Main strategies explanation: Regression Discontinuity Design and Quantile Regressions
4.1.4
Descriptive statistics - Replication of Table 1 and Figure 4
4.1.5
Main results - Replication of Table 3
4.1.6
Robustness check - Replication of Figure A2
5
Differences-in-Differences
5.1
The Long-Term Effects of Measles Vaccination on Earnings and Employment
Highlights
5.1.1
Introduction
5.1.2
Good Practices Before Starting
5.1.3
Descriptive Statistics - Event Study
5.1.4
Main Results - TWFE
5.1.5
Robustness Check - Placebo Test
5.1.6
Conclusion
5.1.7
References
5.2
Expected Returns to Crime and Crime Location
Highlights
5.2.1
Introduction and Motivation
5.2.2
Data
5.2.3
Good practices before starting
5.2.4
Descriptive Statistics
5.2.5
Main strategies explanation: Difference-in-Differences
5.2.6
Main Results
5.2.7
Robustness Checks
5.3
The Effects of a Large-Scale Mental Health Reform: Evidence from Brazil
5.3.1
Highlights
5.3.2
Introduction
5.3.3
Good practices
5.3.4
Descriptive Statistics
5.3.5
Empirical strategy: formalization of strategy and defining estimator
5.3.6
Main results
5.3.7
Code replication
5.3.8
Robustness Check
6
Synthetic Control Method
6.1
Effects of Copyrights on Science: Evidence from the WWII Book Republication Program
Highlights
6.1.1
Getting Started
6.1.2
Background elements:
6.1.3
Main strategies explanation: Difference-in-Differences and Synthetic Control Method
6.1.4
Figure 1 : Citations to BRP Books from New Work in English versus Other Languages
6.1.5
Table 2: OLS, Effect of BRP on English-Language Citations: BRP versus Swiss Books (Matched Sample)
6.1.6
Table 3 : OLS, Effect of BRP on English-Language versus Other Citations: BRP versus Swiss Books (Matched Sample)
6.1.7
Robustness checks: The Synthetic control Method
6.2
Carbon Taxes and CO2 Emissions: Sweden as a Case Study
Highlights
6.2.1
Introduction
6.2.2
Identification strategy
6.2.3
From the article to practice: exploring the replication code
6.2.4
Descriptive Statistics : Figure 3 and Figures 11-12
6.2.5
Main Results: Table 3 and Figure 14
6.3
Rebel on the Canal: Disrupted Trade Access and Social Conflict in China, 1650-1911
Highlights
6.3.1
Background
6.3.2
Empirical Approach and Descriptive Statistics
6.3.3
Main Results
6.3.4
Robustness Checks
6.3.5
Discussion and Interpretation
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Chapter 6
Synthetic Control Method