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Coding for Economists

This course teaches how to organize data and code on your computer, how to write simple programs in Python to automate tasks, and how to use Stata throughout the steps of the your research process.

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Coding for Economists

Courses

Discovering Discrimination with Data
  • ceu

Discovering Discrimination with Data

This course is an immersive simulation game using the statistical concepts learned earlier to argue about patterns of gender discrimination in the workplace. The focus is on interpreting and communicating data analysis results rather than performing statistical calculations. Various assignments, including readings, essays, and presentations, reinforce the learned concepts.

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Empirical Research Seminar
  • ceu

Empirical Research Seminar

This course guides you through the process of empirical research in applied microeconomics, from selecting research ideas and appropriate methods, through collecting data, to submitting your final paper to a journal. We won't talk about these steps, we will do these steps together. Each student and instructor completes a paper during the two terms of the course, which they submit at the end of the course to peer-reviewed journals.

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Advanced Macroeconomics
  • ceu

Advanced Macroeconomics

The course introduces two building blocks of macroeconomic modeling: forward-looking dynamic models and general equilibrium with heterogeneous agents. These tools are applied to problems of economic growth, labor market search, and industry dynamics. Quantitative model solutions are also illustrated using the Julia programming language.

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Reproducible Research from Day One
  • dataeditor

Reproducible Research from Day One

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Engineering and Analytics
  • ceu

Engineering and Analytics

Data engineering is increasingly important to leverage the value created by data scientists and analysts. Executives who understand the basics of data engineering can help their team create data products that are easy to change in response to ever changing business requirements. This course offers a high-level overview of the types of decisions data engineers have to make, and a hands-on illustration of the most common problems on real-world data. The key goal of this course is to help executives make decisions about the data analytics efforts of their business and ask the right questions from their team. This will help increase the Return On Investment of analytics projects so that data can serve as a competitive advantage of the business.

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Coding for Economists
  • ceu

Coding for Economists

This course teaches how to organize data and code on your computer, how to write simple programs in Python to automate tasks, and how to use Stata throughout the steps of the your research process.

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Introduction to the Command Line for Economics
  • carpentries

Introduction to the Command Line for Economics

This lesson will introduce learners to fundamental skills needed for working with their computers through a command-line interface (using the bash shell). They will learn how to navigate their file system, computationally manipulate their files (e.g. copying, moving, renaming), search files, redirect output and write shell scripts. By the end of the lesson, learners will be prepared to move on to using more advanced command line tools.

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Economics with Stata
  • carpentries

Economics with Stata

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International Trade
  • missing

International Trade

The course examines alternative theories of the causes of international trade and its impact on national economies (welfare, productivity, income inequality). It evaluates these theories in light of recent empirical evidence.

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Upcoming events

Join conference talks, workshops, and other events.

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Annual Scientific Conference of Romanian Economists

Jul

29

2026

  • conference
  • keynote

Annual Scientific Conference of Romanian Economists

Keynote address

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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21st World Congress of the International Economic Association

Jun

22

2026

  • conference

21st World Congress of the International Economic Association

Triennial congress of the International Economic Association, organized with the Serbian Association of Economists. Held at Sava Convention Centre, Belgrade, June 22-26, 2026.

Belgrade, Serbia

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Esade Macro Meetings 2026

May

14

2026

  • conference
  • macroeconomics

Esade Macro Meetings 2026

Barcelona, Spain

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Eleventh Annual Conference on Network Science and Economics

Apr

10

2026

  • conference

Eleventh Annual Conference on Network Science and Economics

Annual conference on Network Science and Economics at Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami (April 10-12, 2026).

Miami, Florida

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Az MI és a munkaerőpiac

Apr

07

2026

  • conference

Az MI és a munkaerőpiac

Online szakmai konferencia az MKT szervezésében az MI és a munkaerőpiac kapcsolatáról.

Online

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Vibe Coding Kills Open Source

Mar

27

2026

  • talk

Vibe Coding Kills Open Source

Practical AI podcast episode: Vibe Coding Kills Open Source

Online

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Download software

Software tools for research and data analysis.

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-- Load the extension
LOAD stata_dta;

-- Read Stata file directly into DuckDB
SELECT * FROM read_stata_dta('data/survey.dta');

-- Query with SQL operations
SELECT region, AVG(income) 
FROM read_stata_dta('data/survey.dta') 
GROUP BY region;
  • duckdb
  • cpp

stata-dta

High-performance DuckDB extension for reading Stata .dta files

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using Targets

add(x, y) = x + y

@target a = 1
@target b = 2
@target c = add(a, b)

@get c
  • julia

Targets.jl

Computational pipeline management for Julia

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using Kezdi
@use "distances.dta"
@replace distance = 5 @if distance < 5
  • julia

Kezdi.jl

A data analysis package for economists

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xt2treatments y, treatment(treatmentB) control(treatmentA) pre(1) post(3) weighting(equal)
  • stata

xt2treatments

event studies with two treatments

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xthdidregress ra (y) (d), group(i)
eventbaseline, pre(5) post(5) baseline(-1) graph
  • stata

eventbaseline

Correct Event Study After `xthdidregress`

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here
import delimited "${here}/data/raw/bls/employment.csv"
  • stata

here

A simpler way to find your files.

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Browse datasets

BusinessGraph Restricted use

10M+ records
Germany
1991-2021
  • individuals
  • businesses
  • managers
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Who is Who Magyarországon Restricted use

10k+ records
Hungary
2013
  • individuals
  • managers
  • biography
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Browse publications

A Random-Effects Model Reveals Strong Positive Sorting in CEO Labor Markets

Koren, Miklós, Ulrich Wohak, Krisztina Orbán, and Álmos Telegdy. 2026. "A Random Effects Model Reveals Strong Positive Sorting in CEO Labor Markets." Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19048277.

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Broken Ladders: AI, Teamwork, and the Dynamics of Skill Formation in the Workplace

Bárány, Zsófia L., and Miklós Koren. 2026. "Broken Ladders: AI, Teamwork, and the Dynamics of Skill Formation in the Workplace." Working Paper.

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The Directions of Technical Change

Koren, Miklós, Zsófia Bárány and Ulrich Wohak. 2026. "The Directions of Technical Change." Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18664697

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