[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I master econometrics,\Nwhat jobs can I get? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our students, both undergraduate,\Nmaster's and PhD students Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a very well [ ] job market. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The traditional\Nnon-academic job market Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for an economics major\Nwith quantitative skills Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is kind of consulting, also finance. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's happened\Nin the last 10 or 15 years Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this new sector has opened up. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people call it\Nthe Silicon Valley sector, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Google, Facebook,\NUber, Netflix, Amazon-- Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're hiring economists Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with quantitative skills\Nfor the most part, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now necessarily [ ]\Neconometricians, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but people who are good with data, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trained with data. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's new about, say, Amazon, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to some\Nof these other employers Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been around\Nfor a long time, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Amazon is asking fairly narrow Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but very clearly causal questions\Nabout their own world. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have the data to answer them, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're prepared\Nto run experiments. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I now have three PhD students\Nwho are working at Amazon. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's apparently not okay\Nfor them in any detail Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what they do there. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I asked them,\N"What are you up to?" Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they say, "We're running\Nexperiments." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪ Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ready to master econometrics? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Click here to embark\Non an educational journey Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Josh Angrist, aka Master Josh Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if you'd like to watch more\Nfrom this interview series, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clidk here. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪