Center for Econometrics
About the center
The Center for Econometrics was founded within the Department of Economics in the summer of 2006 to support the research activities and enhance the intellectual life of the community of scholars at Northwestern whose research is related to econometrics.
The Center’s activities include:
- Funding short term visits by faculty from other universities;
- Organizing and supporting conferences at Northwestern related to econometrics;
- Supporting the econometrics seminar;
- Funding for graduate students nearing the completion of their PhDs;
- Promoting research contributed by members of the center.
Key People
Featured Publications
Using Total Margin of Error to Account for Non-Sampling Error in Election Polls (Charles Manski and Jeff Dominitz, Journal of the American Statistical Association, October 2025)
Identification and Statistical Decision Theory (Charles Manski, Econometric Theory vol. 41, no. 4, August 2025)
Bootstrap Based Asymptotic Refinements for High-dimensional Nonlinear Models (Joel Horowitz and Ahnaf Rafi, Journal of Econometrics vol. 249, part B, May 2025)
Inference With Imputed Data: The Allure of Making Stuff Up (Charles Manski, Journal of Labor Economics vol. 43, no. S1, April 2025)
Inference for Cluster Randomized Experiments with Nonignorable Cluster Sizes (Federico Bugni, Ivan Canay, Azeem M. Shaikh, and Max Tabord-Meehan, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics vol. 3, no. 2, April 2025)
Featured News
Northwestern Celebrates Joel Horowitz’s Contributions to Econometrics
May 9, 2025 - Northwestern University Department of Economics
Northwestern University recently hosted a conference in honor of Professor Joel Horowitz, recognizing his profound impact on the field of econometrics. The event was jointly sponsored by the Center for Econometrics and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and brought together former and current colleagues, students, and collaborators to celebrate his scholarly legacy.