Description:
This do-it-yourself (DIY) research seminar has two learning goals: In the first part, you will learn some essential skills for research in Economics, such as refereeing and discussing a paper, how to come up with own research ideas and how to write a research outline. We will provide you with an introduction into these skills. For two sessions a list of required readings is provided, you have to write a referee report on one of the papers, and for each paper there will be one presentation and one discussion given by the students.
The second part of the course is for you to develop and work on your own research idea. At the end of the semester, you must submit a research proposal. All ideas in the field of Labor Economics, Policy Evaluation, Population Economics, Political Economy, or related areas are welcome. We will support you with the development of ideas. You are not expected to implement the idea in this course (no data work is required).
Topics:
Literature:
Paper-based. For an introduction, see Imbens G, Wooldridge J. (2009): Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation. Journal of Economic Literature, 2009;47(1):5-86.
Time & venue:
7 Sessions on Tuesdays, 16:00 - 19:00 (the course will be held irregularly, concrete dates tba); in person at Campus Griebnitzsee, August-Bebel-Str. 89, 14482 Potsdam (no hybrid option), room tba
The course contains both instructors’ and students’ presentations. There will be optional individual office hours via Zoom.
Updated course information will be available by end of September under https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/empwifo/studium-lehre/aktuelles-semester.html.
Registration:
PhD students are asked to register by October 10, 2024 via huber3@uni-potsdam.de.
Exam:
1-2 referee reports (25%)
1-2 paper presentations & discussions (25%)
Research proposal (50%) + presentation of idea (not graded)
All parts have to be passed in order to pass the course.
