Willkommen!

Welcome to the course website for Programming Practices for Research in Economics at the University of Zurich.

Important Information

Infos on Credits and Assignment

If you wish to receive credits for the course, please do not forget the following:

1) Sign enrollment sheet: If you have not already put your signature on the sheet we circulated on the last day of class, please drop Carlo an email until September 21, 2018. You can then come to his office to sign it. Remember that you need to sign it if you want to get the credits.

2) Assignments: The deadline for the assignments is on Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 11.59pm (roughly four weeks after the last class). You find more infos on the assignment in the introductory slides here: https://github.com/pp4rs/2018-uzh-course-material/blob/master/01-introduction/introduction.pdf Please let us know your groups and what you plan to do as soon as possible.

Summary

• Dates: Daily from August 27, 2018 until September 19, 2018 (excluding weekends)
• Morning Session: 09:00-12:00
• Afternoon Session: 13:00-16:00
• Location: See Schedule
• Contact: programming@econ.uzh.ch

Software Installation Guide

You will need to install the necessary software on to your laptop to bring to the class each day so you can code along with us.

Info

Here is the link to the Installation Guide for 2018: https://pp4rs.github.io/2018-uzh-installation-guide/.
Please try and install all the software before the course begins.
If you are struggling we are able to help - but we expect you have tried to work through the guide yourself.