14.11 Putting Social Sciences to the Test: Field Experiments in Economics

As taught in: Spring 2006

Level:

Undergraduate

Instructors:

Prof. David Autor

Prof. Esther Duflo

Young girl studying.
Young girl studying. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.)

Course Features

Course Highlights

This course features virtually all of its lecture notes and assignments. An extensive list of readings is also available.

Course Description

14.11 is a new class on the topic of field (that is, 'in situ') and laboratory experiments in the social sciences - both what these experiments have taught and can teach us and how to conduct them.

*Some translations represent previous versions of courses.

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