Resources
Resources
Motivated by the above verse, this comprehensive list of websites offers valuable resources for higher studies, research, and productivity in economics, policy, and professional development. Curated by Md. Johirul Islam, it includes sections on data analysis, pre-doctoral opportunities, student guides, and software advice. Please share and acknowledge the source if you find this helpful. For broken links or suggestions or resources that you would like to see added to this list, please let us know via email at here or here. 🙏
Data Analysis and Econometrics
- Best Practices When Writing Code by Dr Daniel M. Sullivan
- Bellemare blog on Missing values
- CEO Microdata style guide
- Coding for Economists by Professor Arthur Turrell
- Coding for RCT evaluations
- DIME Analytics Coding guide
- Data Science resources
- Data science for economists Regression analysis in R by Professor Grant McDermott
- IFRI Data Cleaning guide
- IPA Data cleaning guide
- IPA Missing value guide
- Innovations for Poverty Action Coding Guide
- Library of Statistical Techniques (LOST)
- Professor Raj Chetty and Professor Greg Bruich "Big Data Course"
- Professor Ben Elsner's Causal Inference Course.
- Tutorial on working with Survey
Econometrics and Statistics
- Non-traditional Diff-in-Diff by Kyle Butts
- Introduction to Statistics with Computer Applications by Kyle Butts
- Microeconometrics Using Stata by Professor A. Colin Cameron and Professor Pravin K. Trivendi
- Applied Economics with R by Professor Hans H. Sievertsen
- Introduction to Econometrics with R
- Causal Inference: The Mixtape
- The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality
- Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion
- Mastering 'Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect
Latex
Data Sources
Stata
- Introduction to Stata basics
- IPA STATA Trainings
- Learning Stata for econ research
- Princeton STATA Tutorials
- Princeton University Data and Statistical Services
- STATA Guide by Naqvi
- STATA List
- STATA Material
- STATA Trainings by IPA
- Stack Overflow - Stata Tag
- Stata Blog
- StataCorp YouTube Channel
- Stata Journal
- STATATEX Blog
- UCLA Institute for Digital Research and Education
- UCLA Materials
- UCLA Statistical Consulting Group
Stata to R
R
- Animated plot in R
- CRAN (The Comprehensive R Archive Network)
- Data Visualization with R
- Data Visualization: A practical introduction
- List of open-source books about R
- R Programming for Data Science
- R for Data Science
- R-Bloggers
- R-Project Website
- RStudio
- Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals
- Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice!
- Telling Stories with Data by Rohan Alexander (R)
Pre-Doc and RA
- Women in Econ Policy Jobs in the development and policy sector
- Pre-doctoral and Research Assistant Positions WEP
- What is a predoctoral research assistantship, how do students find them, and why are they growing in popularity?
- Tips for RA's
- Pre-Doctoral Fellowship with Opportunity Insights Apply Now
- SIEPR Predoctoral Research Fellows Program
- The PhD Excellence Initiative
- The Michigan Ross Bridges to Doctoral Fellows Program
- AEA Summer Training Program
- The GSAS Research Scholar Initiative
- Program for Research in Markets & Organizations(PRIMO)
- Predoctoral Program in Policy
- Columbia Business School Predoctoral Fellowship Program
- NBER Predoc and RA listings
- Open Source Economics Laboratory
- Columbia Business School Summer Research Internship Program
- NYU Stern Pre-Doctoral
- The Stanford GSB Research Fellows Program
- The Predoctoral Research in Economics program (PREP) at The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics, UChicago
- MIT Sloan Predoctoral Opportunities
- Pre-Doc Memo by Alvin Christian
- Pre-Doc Guide by Alvin Christian
PhD In Economics
Advice: Development by Chris Blattman
- Books development workers and academics should read
- Getting a job in development
- How to take advantage of an MA program
- International travel with kids
- Research in war zones I
- Research in war zones II
- Should you become a field RA on an RCT?
- So you want to be an impact evaluator?
- What to bring for field work I
- What to bring for field work II
- What to bring to the sky
- Why you should work in aid
- Working in a developing country
Advice: Professional by Chris Blattman
- Advice for new Asst Profs
- Applying to PhDs: Writing your statement
- Choosing an MA, MPA or MIA
- Courses: 10 things I tell undergrads
- Courses: How much economics should you study?
- How to ask for a recommendation letter
- How to discuss a paper
- How to email your professors and employers
- How to get a PhD and save the world
- Just say no
- Moving from RA to co-author
- Negotiating your academic job offer
- On quantitative field research
- PhD students: Choosing a topic
- PhD students: Don't lose hope
- PhD students: Econ PhDs & the politics market
- PhD students: Job market advice
- PhDs: Picking a dissertation (and why it should not be a field experiment)
- Writing PhD grant applications
- Writing: How to write an essay
- Writing: How to write like a Mad Man
Advice for Students by Mankiw
- Advice for Aspiring Economists
- Where do economists come from?
- Choosing a Graduate Program
- Working Before Grad School
- Advice for Grad Students
- Advice for New Junior Faculty
- Which math courses?
- Why Aspiring Economists Need Math
- Love Econ, Bad at Math
- Summer Reading List
- JD vs PhD: My Story
- My Life as a Student
- PhD or not?
- Education Beyond the Classroom
- An engineer seeks career advice
- A Question about Learning Economics
- Good Academic, Bad Human Being
- Should grad students teach?
- Are B-school economists different?
- How to Write Well
Undergraduate Research
- A Guide for Student-led Undergraduate Research in Empirical Micro-Economics
- Undergraduate Research in Economics
- A Guide to Writing in Economics
- Writing Tips For Economics Research Papers
- Structure of Economics Empirical Papers
- Writing Economics
- Referee report guidelines
- The Economics Senior Thesis Class of 2022
- Writing a Thesis