Monthly Archives: March 2015

Understanding heterogeneous treatment effect estimation using proof-by-Stata

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Jason Kerwin

Marc Bellemare asks whether splitting your sample by an observed covariate is a reasonable approach for estimating heterogeneity in treatment effects: To get a treatment heterogeneity, wouldn’t it be better to maintain your sample as is, but to interact your … Continue reading →

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“Not-so-reluctant entrepreneurs” and other encouraging facts about economic growth in Africa

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Jason Kerwin

One of the best parts of Banerjee and Duflo’s Poor Economics is a chapter on “reluctant entrepreneurs” – people who own and manage their own businesses not because they want to, but because it’s the only source of income available … Continue reading →

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My new job

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Jason Kerwin

People who know me personally already know this, but I figured I would put it up here in order to make it public: starting this fall I will be an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the … Continue reading →

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