Synthetic control methods: introduction & overview of recent developments
Please note that registration closes on 27 April
Synthetic control methods build on the popular difference-in-differences method but use systematically more appealing comparisons to address bias in policy evaluation studies. This talk provides a non-technical introduction to the approach and discusses recent methodological developments in the synthetic control literature.
Date:
29 April 2021, 16:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Trinity 2021)
Venue:
Zoom- See below for registration details
Speaker:
Dr Carl Bonander (University of Gothenburg)
Organising department:
Department of Social Policy and Intervention
Organiser:
Dr Mark Fransham (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
communications@spi.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dr Mark Fransham (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Modern methods in social policy and intervention research
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
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Booking email:
communications@spi.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
FREE
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Lani Fukada
