Alberto Abadie

Professor of Public Policy
Office Address
Rubenstein-316
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 38
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-4547
Email: alberto_abadie@harvard.edu
Assistant
Barbara Slater (617-495-2812)
Alberto Abadie

Profile

Alberto Abadie is Professor of Public Policy. His main research areas are econometrics, labor economics, and public finance. In his research, Alberto Abadie has developed econometric methods to evaluate the effects of public programs. In addition, as a native of the Basque region of Spain, Alberto Abadie has long been interested in issues concerning terrorism. Alberto Abadie's recent research uses data and economic models to analyze the causes and consequences of terrorism. He received his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Courses

Spring

  • API-210 Advanced Quantitative Methods II: Econometric Methods
  • API-208 Program Evaluation: Estimating Program Effectiveness with Empirical Analysis

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Abadie, Alberto, Joshua Angrist, and Guido W. Imbens. "Instrumental Variables Estimates of the Effect of Subsidized Training on the Quantiles of Trainee Earnings." Econometrica 70.1 (2002): 91-117.
    • Abadie, Alberto. "Bootstrap Tests for Distributional Treatment Effects in Instrumental Variable Models." Journal of the American Statistical Association 97 (2002): 284-292.
    • Abadie, Alberto. "Semiparametric Instrumental Variable Estimation of Treatment Response Models." Journal of Econometrics 113.2 (2003): 231-263.
    • Abadie, Alberto, and Javier Gardeazabal. "The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Case-Control Study for the Basque Country." American Economic Review 93.1 (2003): 113-132.
    • Abadie, Alberto. "Semiparametric Difference-in-Differences Estimators." Review of Economic Studies 72.1 (2005): 1-19.
    • Abadie, Alberto, David Drukker, Jane Leber Herr, and Guido W. Imbens. "Implementing Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects in Stata." Stata Journal 4.3 (2004): 290-311.
  • Book Chapters
    • Abadie, Alberto. "Causal Inference." Encyclopedia of Social Measurement. Ed. Kimberly Kempf-Leonard. Elsevier: Academic Press, 2004.
  • Op-Eds
    • Abadie, Alberto. "Breeding Terror." New York Post, December 22, 2004.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Abadie, Alberto. "Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP04-043, October 2004.
    • Abadie, Alberto, and Sebastien Gay. "The Impact of Presumed Consent Legislation on Cadaveric Organ Donation: A Cross Country Study." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP04-024, June 2004.
  • Reviews
    • Abadie, Alberto. Review of Nonlinear Statistical Modeling. Proceedings of the Thirteen International Symposium in Economic Theory and Econometrics: Essays in Honor of Takeshi, Ed. Cheng Hsiao, Kimio Morimune, and James L. Powell. Journal of Economic Literature, XL.1 2002: 165-166.