AEM 7010

AEM 7010

Doing Applied Economics Research: Practical Skills

Co-instructors: Chris Barrett, Heather Schofield, Ariel Ortiz-Bobea. This site documents the eight sessions led by Ariel. Sessions 2 and 3 are guest-led by Lars Vilhuber, AEA Data Editor.

Spring 2026 · Mon/Wed 8:40 to 9:55 am · Warren 137

The course in four blocks

Trends Apr 8

Session 1 Trends in Economic Research

Reproducibility Apr 13 – 15

Session 2 Reproducibility I Session 3 Reproducibility II

Version control Apr 20 – 22

Session 4 Git Fundamentals Session 5 GitHub and Collaboration

AI tools Apr 27 – May 4

Session 6 AI Tools I: Chat Session 7 AI Tools II: Cowork Session 8 AI Tools III: Claude Code