Michael Clemens

If you are #teaching #economics to undergraduates, what is the best available *non-technical* summary of the different common methods of #ImpactEvaluation?

They are all quite intuitive at their core: randomization, differences-in-differences, policy discontinuity, matching… even instrumental variables.

What concise document explains how they work, using diagrams instead of math?

ISDC Berlin

Our training on how to conduct impact evaluations in conflict settings will now take place on 14 / 15 / 16 March!

If you have already registered, your registration is still valid. If not, check out all the details at bit.ly/RIE-Training 👈

#workshop #impactevaluation #training

diogoverissimo

A really interesting example of a trope that is widely acknowledged to be true largely because of how much it has been repeated, despite the lack of any empirical evidence for it. Why do we treat these issues with a lot rigour than we do elephant counting or rainforest mapping?

bbc.com/news/entertainment-art

#jaws #shark #causalinference #impactevaluation

Steven Spielberg regrets decimation of shark population after Jaws

The director tells Desert Island Discs he fears sharks…

www.bbc.com
Martin Huber

Exciting news concerning my textbook "#CausalAnalysis: #ImpactEvaluation and #CausalMachineLearning with Applications in R (#RStats). I've just submitted the final corrections to the publisher @mitpress@twitter.com
😊The book will be available in summer 2023, including a free online version.