Regression discontinuity

Content for Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Readings

• Chapter 20 in The Effect (Huntington-Klein 2021)

Optional material

• Videos 61-64 from this playlist accompany Chapter 20 in The Effect.
• Chapter 4 in Mastering Metrics (2015) (Angrist and Pischke 2015)

Slides

On the day of class, you will find my slides on Canvas.

References

Angrist, Joshua D., and Jörn-Steffen Pischke. 2015. Mastering ’Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Huntington-Klein, Nick. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman and Hall / CRC. https://theeffectbook.net/.