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):
- Sairt Weisburd on Police presence and Crime – Probable Causation July 21, 2020
- Carolina Artega on Parental Incarceration and Educational outcomes – Probable Causation July 20, 2021
D-i-D:
- Molly Schnell on how exposure to school shootings affects students’ outcomes Probable Causation March 15, 2022
- (advanced) Adrew Goodman-Bacon on recent advances on D-i-D with staggered timing APPAM - Methodological Advances for Difference-in-Differences with Staggered Timing
RD:
- “If Mayors ruled the worlds” Freakonomics April 10, 2014
- “Why is Uber an Economist’s Dream?” Freakonomics September 7, 2016
- Michael Lovenheim on grade retention and crime. Probable Causation September 17, 2019
- Gaurav Khanna on Employment and Crime in Colombia. Probable Causation Aug 17, 2021
Diff-in-RD (advanced)
- Kirabo Jackson on single-sex education and academic and criminal outcomes. Probable Causation March 31, 2020