Dr. Alexander Spermann
Director of Labor Policy Germany
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Winter term 2015/16
Lecture
Field Experiments in Theory and
Practice
for master and diploma students
CONTENT
Field experiments are getting more and more important in applied empirical research. The lecture
focuses on current papers that use field experiments to solve the fundamental evaluation problem.
Topics covered are:
Evaluation methods in a nutshell
Development Economics
Labor Market Discrimination
Firms: Incentives and Employment Relationship
Health
Human Capital
LECTURE
Time & Location:
October 23rd,
November 13th,
December 4th,
January 15th,
January 29th,
February 12th,
3pm - 6pm, room 1134
3pm - 6pm, room 1231
3pm - 6pm, room 1132
3pm - 6pm, room 1139
3pm - 6pm, room 1034
3pm - 6pm, room 1132
EXAMINATION MODALITIES
Credit points:
4
Examination:
Presentation & Seminar Paper
Area of study:
Economics Master:
VWL-Master PO 2011:
VWL-Master PO 2014:
Diplom:
Economics & Politics
Volkswirtschaftspolitik / Makropolitik
Quantitative Methoden
Empirical Economics
Labor, Human Resource Management Management and Organization
Volkswirtschaftspolitik / Makropolitik
Quantitative Methoden
LITERATURE
For a list of all the papers covered in the course, please check the web site of the Institute for Economic Research, Dept. of International Economic Policy (chair Prof.
Schulze) or HISinOne
For updates please check our web site at www.vwl.uni-freiburg.de/iwipol/teaching.htm