Tier 4 · QuantFree
Advanced Econometrics
Causal Inference
10 modules~69 min totalVerifiable certificate on completion
Syllabus
01OLS and the Frisch-Waugh-Lovell TheoremMath
7 min02The IV Estimator and Two-Stage Least SquaresMath
7 min03Difference-in-Differences and the Parallel Trends AssumptionMath
7 min04Regression Discontinuity: Local Linear Estimation and Bandwidth SelectionMath
8 min05Panel Data, the Within Estimator, and the Mundlak DeviceMath
8 min06Instrumental Variables
7 min07Regression Discontinuity
6 min08Synthetic Control
6 min09Panel Data and Fixed Effects
6 min10Causal Diagrams
7 minFrom Module 1 — read a sample
Two things moving together does not mean one causes the other — ice cream sales and drowning both peak in summer, not because ice cream causes drowning, but because heat drives both. OLS estimates associations precisely, but the Frisch-Waugh-Lovell theorem shows how 'controlling for' other variables strips out confounding factors to get closer to a true partial effect.
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