- Office Address
- Rubenstein-316
- Mailing Address
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John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 10
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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
Not Offered
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API-208
Program Evaluation:Estimating Program Effectiveness with Empirical Analysis
Spring
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API-210
Advanced Quantitative Methods II: Econometric Methods
Media Expertise
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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
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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.
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Abadie, Alberto. "Bootstrap Tests for Distributional Treatment
Effects in Instrumental Variable Models." Journal of the
American Statistical Association 97 (2002): 284-292.
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Abadie, Alberto. "Semiparametric Instrumental Variable Estimation
of Treatment Response Models." Journal of Econometrics 113.2
(2003): 231-263.
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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.
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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.
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Abadie, Alberto. "Semiparametric Difference-in-Differences
Estimators." Review of Economic Studies 72.1 (2005): 1-19.
- Book Chapters
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Abadie, Alberto. "Causal Inference." Encyclopedia of Social
Measurement. Ed. Kimberly Kempf-Leonard. Elsevier: Academic
Press, 2004.
- HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
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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.
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Abadie, Alberto. "Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of
Terrorism." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP04-043,
October 2004.
- Op-Eds
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Abadie, Alberto. "Breeding Terror." New York Post, December
22, 2004.
- Reviews
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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.