Posts Here is a collection of open thoughts I had during these years as a Ph.D. student. Think of these as my personal notes that helped me understand important concepts from economics and econometrics literature. So, what is bunching? A brief introduction to bunching analysis as a causal method, based on Caetano (2015). Expectation Maximization Algorithm and Gaussian Mixtures A gentle explanation of Gaussian Mixtures and the Expectation Maximization algorithm, with a labor market application in R. Quick Start to Doubly Robust Estimators A quick tutorial explaining why Doubly Robust estimators are so powerful — with fully reproducible R code.
