Quantitative political science seminar, PSST G8990

(Fridays, 11AM - 12:30PM; IAB, room 711)

Questions? Contact Shigeo Hirano or Andrew Gelman.

January 23, 2009

• Presenter: Dan Butler, Yale University Political Science
• Topic: Does Constituency Opinion Affect Legislator's Votes? Evidence from a Field Experiment

January 30, 2009

• Presenter: Kosuke Imai, Princeton University Politics
• Topic: Statistical Analysis of Causal Mechanisms
• Paper: See here for the paper.

February 5, 2009

• No formal meeting; Experiments Conference at NYU (see here for details).

February 13, 2009

• Presenter: Paul Rosenbaum, University of Pennsylvania Wharton
• Topic: A recent observational study used to illustrate methodology for such studies
• Papers: 1 2 3 handout

February 20, 2009

• Presenter: Ana De La O, Yale University Political Science
• Topic: Do Poverty Relief Funds Affect Electoral Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico
• Paper: download here

February 27, 2008

• Presenter: Rajeev Deheija, Tufts University Economics and NBER
• Topic: Do Financial Incentives Affect Fertility?
• Paper: download here

March 6, 2008

• Presenter: Aaron Strauss, Princeton University Politics
• Topic: Planning the Optimal Get-out-the-vote Campaign Using Randomized Field Experiments

March 13, 2009

• Presenter: Cyrus Samii, Columbia University Political Science
• Topic: Design and measurement issues in micro-level research on conflict

March 27, 2008

• Presenter: Macartan Humphreys, Columbia University Political Science
• Topic: Can Development Aid Contribute to Social Cohesion After Civil War? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Post-Conflict Liberia

April 3, 2009

• No Meeting; MWPSA

April 10, 2009

• Presenter: Kevin Quinn, Harvard University Government
• Topic: Some topics in causal inference for social science
• Papers: paper 1; paper 2

April 17, 2009

• Presenter: Jonathan Katz, CalTech
• Topic: Correcting for survey misreports using auxiliary information with an application to estimating turnout
• Paper: download here

April 24, 2009

• Presenter: Michael Sobel, Columbia University Sociology
• Topic: Causal inference with interference: the case of a randomized housing experiment

May 6, 2009

• Presenter: Bob Erikson, Columbia University Political Science
• Topic: Vietnam draft lottery status and political attitudes