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Methods
for identifying causal relationships in economics |
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Experiments |
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Bertrand, Marianne and Sendhil Mullainathan, “Are Emily and
Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?
A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination,” American Economic Review, 94(4), 2004,
991-1013. [download] |
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Fisman, Raymond, et al.,
“Gender Differences in Mate Selection:
Evidence from a Speed Dating Experiment,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(2), 673-697. [download] |
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Niederle, Muriel and Lise
Vesterlund, “Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?” Quarterly
Journal of Economics, 122(3), 2007, 1067-1101. [download] |
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Katz, Lawrence, Kling,
Jeffrey, and Liebman, Jeffrey, “Moving to Opportunity in |
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Ludwig, Jens, Duncan, Greg,
and Hischfield, “Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility
Experiment,” Quarterly Journal of
Economics, 116(2), May 2001, 655-679. [download] |
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Ausubel, Lawrence, “Adverse
Selection in the Credit Card Market,” Working Paper, Department of Economics,
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Difference in difference models |
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Almond, D., K. Chay, D.
Lee, "The Costs of Low Birth Weight," Quarterly Journal of
Economics, 120, 2005, 1031-1084. [download] |
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Geronimus, A., and S.
Korenman, "The Socioeconomic Consequences of Teen Childbearing
Reconsidered," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1992, 1187-1213. [Download] |
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Meyer, B., W.K. Viscusi,
and D. Durbin (1995), "Worker’ Compensation and Injury Duration:
Evidence from a Natural Experiment," American Economic Review, Vol. 85,
322-40. [download] |
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J.H. Tyler, R.J. Murnane,
and J.B. Willett, “Estimating the Labor Market Signaling Value of the GED.” Quarterly
Journal of Economics, v115, n2 (May 2000): 431-68. [download] |
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Ayres, Ian and Steven Levitt,
“Measuring Positive Externalities from Unobserved Victim Precaution: An Empirical Analysis of Lojak,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115(3),
2000, 755-789. [download] |
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Acemoglu, D., J. Angrist,
“Consequences of Employment Protection?
The Case of the American with Disabilities Act,” Journal of
Political Economy, 109(5), 2001. [download] |
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Card, D., and A.B. Krueger,
"Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in
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Instrumental Variables |
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Permut, Thomas, and J. Richard
Hebel. “Simultaneous-Equation Estimation in a Clinical Trial of the Effect of
Smoking on Birth Weight” Biometrics,
June 1989, 45: pp 619-622. [download] Sexton, Mary and J. Richard
Hebel. “A Clinical Trial of Change in Maternal Smoking and Its Effect on
Birth Weight” JAMA,
February 17, 1984, 251(7): pp 911-915. [download] |
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Angrist, J.D., G.W. Imbens,
and D.B. Rubin, “Identification of Causal Effects Using Instrumental
Variables,” Journal of the American Statistical Association, 91, June
1996, 444-455. [download] |
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Angrist, J.D.,
"Lifetime Earnings and the |
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Angrist, J.D., and W.N. Evans,
“Children and Their Parents’ Labor Supply: Evidence from Exogenous Variation
in Family Size,” American Economic Review, 88(3), 1998, 450-477. [download] |
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Hotz, V. Joseph, “Teenage
Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences:
Exploiting a Natural Experiment,” Journal
of Human Resources, 40(3), 2005, 683-715. [download] |
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Sacerdote, Bruce, “How
Large Are the Effects from Changes in Family Environment? A Study of Korean American Adoptees,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(1),
2007, 119-157. [download] |
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Regression Discontinuity design |
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Hahn, J. P. Todd, W. van
der Klaauw, "Identification and Estimation of Treatment Effects with a
Regression Discontinuity Design,"
Econometrica, 69(1), 2001, 201-09. [download] |
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Van der Klaauw,
"Estimating the Effect of Financial Aid Offers on College
Enrollment: A Regression Discontinuity
Approach," International Economic Review, 43(4), 2002, 1249-87. [download] |
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Chay, K., P. McEwan, M.
Urquiola, "The Central Role of Noise in Evaluating Interventions that
Use Test Scores to Rank Schools," American Economic Review, 95(4),
2005, 1237-1258. [download] |
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Angrist, J.D., V. Lavy,
"Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on
Scholastic Achievement, "Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114(2),
1999, 533-575. [download] |
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Dinardo, J., D.S. Lee, "Economic Impacts of New
Unionization on Private Sector Employers:
1984-2001," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(4),
1328-1441. [download] |
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Card, D., C. Dobkin, |