Note #0:
We will “kick off” this problem set in Monday’s class to ensure that everyone is comfortable and familiar with the general structure.
Note #1:
Because these problem sets are only available one week before the due date, there will be office hours on Sunday afternoon, Tuesday evening and Thursday evening.
Sunday (Feb 22): Harvard Hall 103 from 3:00 - 5:00 P.M.
Tuesday (Feb 24): Sever Hall 104 from 6:00 - 7:30 P.M.
Thursday (Feb 26): Sever Hall 101 from 6:00 - 7:30 P.M.
Note #2:
If you run into an issue with this problem set (or find anything unclear), please email me. If you are confused, you are almost surely not the only one. Reaching out will let me make necessary “updates” to the problem set.
Please submit both your .Rmd source file and the knitted PDF.
The problem sets walks you through part of the analysis in Growth Off the Rails: Aggregate Productivity Growth in Distorted Economies. For a helpful and intuitive summary of the paper see this review.
The dataset for this problem set can be found under the data folder on canvas. The name of the csv file is problem_set_two_data.csv .