Amrita Center for Economics & Governance, School of Business Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in collaboration with The Indian Econometric Society and University of Pretoria, Pretoria (South Africa) is jointly organising the “Second Workshop on Microeconometric Techniques, Survey Data and Program Evaluation” from November 29, 2023 to December 1, 2023.
The emerging trend in empirical research is to utilize the field level data to validate, and alternatively to challenge the conventional wisdom. 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to Professors Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their novel experimental approach to research tackling global poverty confirms the growing recognition of this line of thinking. This program by the Amrita Center for Economics & Governance, is designed as a workshop to help young scholars and professionals develop research capability by acquiring analytical skills in econometric techniques and applications to deal with survey data. It will also develop technical competence about the gathering of data in a variety of forms and the presentation and processing of those data with a view to supporting some key hypotheses and stylized facts. The coverage of the workshop is spread over mainstream economic theories and quantitative and qualitative research practice.
Lab Based lecture and workshop methodology.
This learning cum practice-oriented program is designed to be highly participatory.
Lecture sessions will be followed by workshop sessions. The latter will comprise various learning tools and devices, hands-on computer packages, problem solving and empirical exercises.
We use econometric software STATA for hands on sessions.
Focus and coverage of the workshop*
*Hands on sessions with STATA
Schedule of Sessions to follow
I. Develop the ability to design research proposals using various research methodologies and methods of data collection through surveys.
II. Develop a basic understanding of the proper use of various micro econometric techniques and related research tools.
III. Develop the competence to critically evaluate public and non-governmental programs in terms of treatment effects.
MPhil/ Ph. D. research scholars, academic staff members and research analysts in the public and private sectors willing to develop the competency in research methodology skills will constitute the target beneficiaries. Although the sessions are geared towards the research needs of socioeconomic and management disciplines, research scholars in other fields, namely biotechnology, medicine, agricultural and environmental sciences may also gain from the lectures and workshop sessions.
Resource Persons: Amrita Center for Economics & Governance, Amrita University, Centre for Development Studies/ GIFT, Trivandrum; University of Pretoria, Pretoria (South Africa)
The certificate of attendance will be issued.
Declaration of interest along with Short Bio and usefulness of the workshop in your research to be submitted by November 22, 2023 to:
Dr Yeti Madhoo, Workshop Director, Amrita Center for Economics & Governance, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kerala Campus, India (yetinishamadhoo@am.amrita.edu)
Late submissions in exceptional cases
Intake: 25
Fee waiver in exceptional cases
Fee inclusive of boarding and lodging. GST additional (18%) payable.
Accommodation in Hostel Rooms
MPhil/ PhD Scholars: Rs 2,500 General
Local Amrita: Rs 1,500 (without accommodation)
Academic Participants: Rs 3,500 General
Local Amrita: Rs 2,500 (without accommodation)
Corporate & Government Delegates: Rs 7,500
Amrita Center for Economics & Governance
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Amrita Center for Economics & Governance
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Department of Economics
University of Pretoria (South Africa)
GIFT/ Center for Development Studies
Thiruvananthapuram
Amrita is selected as Institute of Imminence (IOE) by the Government of India.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, with 20,000 students and 1800+ faculty (including about 200 international faculty), is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary research university that is accredited with ‘A++’ grade by NAAC and ranked high by international ranking agencies such as THE, QS, etc.
Amrita Center for Economics & Governance (ACEG) is a multi-disciplinary research network with focus on economic analysis of development episodes and design and evaluation of innovative public policies and governance regimes. The recent revival of interest among economists in public policy and governance is not random; it has deep theoretical underpinnings. New growth economists have challenged the market driven predictions of neoclassical economists that countries will converge in growth and income distribution.
The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) is a registered society under Public Societies Registration Act, formed in 1960. It is one of the oldest and the largest body of professional econometricians and quantitative economists with more than 2000 members from all over India and abroad. TIES organises annual conference where economics, econometrics and statistics experts from all over India and abroad participate and deliberate on various issues.
Indian Econometric Society also publishes ‘Journal of Quantitative Economics’.
The University of Pretoria is a large public research university. The University of Pretoria (UP) is one of Africa’s top universities and the largest contact university in South Africa. The rankings are based on the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are designed to address the most serious and critical global challenges in the world. The SDGs offer an integrated framework to ensure that global development balances social, economic, and environmental sustainability.
