Regression discontinuity

Content for Thursday, November 9, 2023

Readings

• Chapter 6 in Impact Evaluation in Practice (Gertler et al. 2016)
• Chapters 9 and 11 in Methods Matter (Murnane and Willett 2011)

Optional material

• The first four sections of Chapter 11 in Methods Matter are optional—focus on “Using IVE to Resolve “Fuzziness” in a Regression-Discontinuity Design.”

Slides

On the day of class, you will find my slides on Canvas.

References

Gertler, Paul J., Sebastian Martinez, Patrick Premand, Laura B. Rawlings, and Christel M. J. Vermeersch. 2016. Impact Evaluation in Practice. 2nd ed. Inter-American Development Bank; World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/25030.

Murnane, Richard J., and John B. Willett. 2011. Methods Matter: Improving Causal Inference in Educational and Social Science Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press.