<p>Seminar, three hours. Students strengthen critical analysis of empirical evidence. Review of purpose and objectives of impact evaluation. Evaluation of common but often problematic approaches: cross-sectional and before-after comparisons, and case studies of program beneficiaries. Examination of suite of experimental and quasi-experimental approaches: randomized controlled trials, matching, regression discontinuities, and difference-in-differences. Letter grading.</p>

Public Policy

At the convergence of social work, urban planning, and policymaking, the school identifies and develops emerging areas of research and teaching, cultivating leaders and change agents who advance solutions to society’s most pressing problems.

Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs

The department’s goal is to foster an understanding of the theory and practice of public policy in the many fields in which it applies.

General Catalog

Tools for Causal Inference

PUB PLC 272

4 units