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Applied Economics: Introduction: Philipp Ager

This document provides an introduction to an applied economics course taught by Professor Philipp Ager at the University of Mannheim. It outlines the course structure, including online lectures, empirical assignments, and student presentations. It emphasizes the growing importance of identification in applied economic research and highlights current research questions being studied by Professor Ager related to economic history, demography, and labor economics.

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Applied Economics: Introduction: Philipp Ager

This document provides an introduction to an applied economics course taught by Professor Philipp Ager at the University of Mannheim. It outlines the course structure, including online lectures, empirical assignments, and student presentations. It emphasizes the growing importance of identification in applied economic research and highlights current research questions being studied by Professor Ager related to economic history, demography, and labor economics.

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Applied Economics: Introduction

Philipp Ager
University of Mannheim and CEPR

Lecture 1 – Week 1, September 7, 2021

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Introduction

Professor of Economics (fixed-term)


University of Mannheim: since August 2021
PhD in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Fields: Economic History, Demography, and Labor Economics
Email: [email protected]
Website: Personal Website

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Applied Economics

Online classes Tuesdays from 13.45-15.15 (14 weeks) and


on Thursdays from 10.15-11.45 (every other week)

Rules: please MUTE your audio and I leave it up to you if


you turn your video on or not

Questions: either unmute yourself or use the chat

Course description Course Description

Further information such as articles, empirical assignments,


and updates of the syllabus is available on Ilias Ilias

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Applied Economics

The three horsemen of this course:

Lectures — Methods and Applications

Empirical Assignments

Student Presentations

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Applied Economics – Relevance (I)

Source: Currie, Kleven, and Zwiers (2020, AER P&P)

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Applied Economics – Relevance (II)
Fraction of papers mentioning identification increased from
4 percent to 50 percent during the period 1980 and 2018

Source: Currie et al. (2020), NBER Working Papers (black line), Top-5 (red line)

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Applied Economics – Relevance (III)

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Applied Economics – Methods (I)

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Applied Economics – Methods (II)

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Research questions I am currently working on

What factors contributed to the onset of the demographic


transition?

What are the socio-economic consequences of immigration


restrictions?

Was there a role of early childhood programs for historical


development?

⇒ Let’s take a closer look!

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