Podcasts

Podcasts can at times offer an engaging and accessible way to grasp the underlying intuition of various econometric methods. They aid in building a deeper understanding of these methods and in exploring a wide range of problems through the lens of economics.

I found the following episodes to be particularly interesting. This is a continously evolving list. Suggestions are welcome!

RCT:

  • Amy Finkelstein on the impact of health insurance (Oregon Medicaid expansion) experiment. “How do we know what really works in healthcare?” – Freakonomics (April 2, 2015)
  • Nicholas Bloom on the impact of working from home on productivity. “When you start to miss Tony from Accounting” – Hidden Brain (Nov 2020)
  • Jim Heckman on the impact of early childhood investments on long run outcomes. “Whats not on the test” – Hidden Brain
  • John List (U-Chicago) on the rise of RCT and worries of scaling up experiments (SUTVA violations). “The Price of Doing Business with John List” – People I (Mostly) Admire
  • “A Nobel-Prize for Development RCTs!” by David McKenzie World Bank Blog

IV (Continuous and discrete treatments):

D-i-D:

RD:

Diff-in-RD (advanced)