Suggested Readings

Part of being a researcher is always learning. What follows is a list and brief summary of books and webpages that we found and find useful. We recommend them to our research team members when they are starting out and we recommend them to old-hands that we collaborate with. In short, the following are great if you are new to the field of applied economics or if you have been working in the field for years.

  • CSAE Coder's Corner
  • IPA Research Methods Initiative
  • World Banks DIME Analytics
  • BITSS Resource
The Art of Statistics

David Spiegelhalter

The Book of Why

Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie

Mostly Harmless Econometrics

Joshua D. Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke

Causal Inference

Scott Cunningham

Transparent and Reproducible Social Science Research

Garret Christensen, Jeremy Freese, and Edward Miguel

The Model Thinker

Scott E. Page

Development Microeconomics

Pranab Bardhan and Christopher Udry

The Craft of Revision

Donald M. Murray

The Elements of Stlye

William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White