22-31.006 Empirical Labour Economics and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Jan Marcus

Veranstaltungsart: Interaktive Lehrveranstaltung

Anzeige im Stundenplan: Empirical Labour Eco

Semesterwochenstunden: 3

Credits: 6,0

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 45

Kommentare/ Inhalte:
This course deals with the empirical application and extension of the materials from the course “Estimation and Inference in Econometrics”. Using the statistical software Stata students will replicate and extend existing studies based on the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP).

Lernziel:

• To conduct an empirical analysis using individual micro-data
  
• Overview of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP)
  
• Intensive work with the SOEP
  
• To extend your knowledge of the statistical software Stata
  
• Presentation of a journal article based on individual micro-data
  
• Replication and extension of an empirical study. Replication with the “teaching version” of the SOEP or another micro-based dataset.
  

Vorgehen:
At the beginning of the term, micro groups will be formed. Each group presents a SOEP based article and then empirically replicates and extends this study.

Literatur:
Angrist, J. D., & Pischke, J.-S. (2009). Mostly harmless econometrics: An empiricist’s companion. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Angrist, J. D., & Pischke, J.-S. (2015). Mastering'metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Wagner, G., Frick, J., & Schupp, J. (2007). The German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) - Scope, evolution and enhancements. Schmollers Jahrbuch, 127(1), 139–169.

Wooldridge, J.M. (2013), Introductory Econometrics. A Modern Approach, 5th edition, South-Western.

Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen:
Materials from the course “Estimation and Inference in Econometrics” are highly relevant for this course. There is no final exam, but students have to give a presentation and write a term paper.