Recent Publications

Recent Publications

Labor Economics

Methods for Measuring School Effectiveness

Handbook of the Economics of Education, ISSN 1574-0692
Joshua D. Angrist, Peter Hull, and Christopher R. Walters
August 2023
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Labor Economics

Choice and consequence: Assessing mismatch at Chicago exam schools

Joshua D. Angrist, Parag A. Pathak, Roman A. Zarate
April 2023
Econometrics

One instrument to rule them all: The bias and coverage of just-ID IV

Journal of Econometrics
Joshua D. Angrist and Michal Kolesár
December 2022
Econometrica

Empirical Strategies in Economics: Illuminating The Path From Cause To Effect

Econometrica, 90(6), 2509-2539
Joshua D. Angrist
November 2022
Quarterly Journal of Economics

Marginal Effects of Merit Aid for Low-Income Students

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol.137 (2), 1039-1090
Josh Angrist, David Autor and Amanda Pallais
May 2022
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Machine Labor

Journal of Labor Economics, 40(S1), S1-S493
Joshua D. Angrist and Brigham Frandsen
April 2022
Econometrica

Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design

Econometrica, 90(1), 117-151.
Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Joshua D. Angrist, Yusuke Narita and Parag A. Pathak
January 2022
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Econometrics, Labor Economics

Uber versus Taxi: A Driver's Eye View

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 13(3), 1–37
Joshua D. Angrist, Sydnee Caldwell, Jonathan V. Hall
July 2021
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Sources

NBER Working Paper 23698
Economic Theory, Industrial Organization

Inside Job or Deep Impact? Using Extramural Citations to Assess Economic Scholarship

Glenn Ellison, Josh Angrist, Pierre Azoulay, Glenn Ellison, Ryan Hill, Susan Feng Lu
March 2020

Sources

Online Appendix
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Maimonides' Rule Redux

American Economic Review: Insights, 1(3), 309-24
Joshua D. Angrist, Victor Lavy, Jetson Leder-Luis, Adi Shany
December 2019
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Sources

Online Appendix
Econometrics, Labor Economics

In a Small Moment: Class Size and Moral Hazard in the Italian Mezzogiorno

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(4), 216-249
Joshua D. Angrist, Erich Battistin, Daniela Vuri
October 2017
Econometrica

Sources

Online Appendix

Research Design Meets Market Design: Using Centralized Assignment For Impact Evaluation

Econometrica, 85(5), 1373-1432
Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Joshua D. Angrist, Yusuke Narita and Parag A. Pathak
September 2017
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Economic Theory, Industrial Organization

Economic Research Evolves: Fields and Styles

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 107(5), 293-297
Glenn Ellison, Josh Angrist, Pierre Azoulay, Glenn Ellison, Ryan Hill, Susan Feng Lu
May 2017
QJOE

Leveraging Lotteries for School Value-Added: Testing and Estimation

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 132(2), 871–919
Joshua D. Angrist, Peter D. Hull, Parag A. Pathak and Christopher R. Walters
May 2017
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Econometrics, Labor Economics

Undergraduate Econometrics Instruction: Through Our Classes, Darkly

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 31(2), 125–144
Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke
March 2017

Sources

Web Appendix Program only .do file
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Wanna Get Away? Regression Discontinuity Estimation of Exam School Effects Away from the Cutoff

Journal of the American Statistical Association, 110(512), 1331-1344
Joshua Angrist, Miikka Rokkanen
January 2016
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The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools

Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Joshua D. Angrist and Parag A. Pathak
January 2014
Labor Economics, Econometrics

When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards

Journal of Human Resources, 49(3)
Joshua Angrist, Philip Oreopoulos, Tyler Williams
June 2014

Who Benefits from KIPP?

The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Joshua D. Angrist, Susan M. Dynarski, Thomas J. Kane, Parag A. Pathak and Christopher R. Walters
September 2012
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Causal Effects of Monetary Shocks: Semiparametric Conditional Independence Tests with a Multinomial Propensity Score

The Review of Economics and Statistics
Joshua Angrist, Guido Kuersteiner
August 2011
QJOE

Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters and Pilots

The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Joshua D. Angrist, Susan M. Dynarski, Thomas J. Kane and Parag A. Pathak
August 2011
Econometrics, Labor Economics

Long-Term Economic Consequences of Vietnam-Era Conscription: Schooling, Experience and Earnings

Joshua D. Angrist, Stacey H. Chen
May 2011

Sources

Journal of Public Economics
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Did Vietnam Veterans Get Sicker in the 1990s? The Complicated Effects of Military Service on Self-Reported Health

Journal of Public Economics, 94(11-12), 824-837
Joshua Angrist, Stacey Chen, Brigham Frandsen
December 2010
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Sources

Journal of Labor Economics
Econometrics, Labor Economics

Multiple Experiments for the Causal Link between the Quantity and Quality of Children

Journal of Labor Economics
Joshua Angrist, Victor Lavy, Analia Schlosser
October 2010
Labor Economics, Econometrics

When to Control for Covariates? Panel Asymptotics for Estimates of Treatment Effects

The Review of Economics and Statistics
Joshua Angrist, Jinyong Hahn
February 2004

Older Publications by Topic

the american economic review

Charters without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston

American Economic Review, 106(7), 1878–1920
Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Joshua D. Angrist, Peter Hull and Parag A. Pathak
July 2016

Sources

Web Appendix

Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston’s Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice

Journal of Labor Economics, 34(2), 275–318
Joshua D. Angrist, Sarah Cohodes, Susan Dynarski, Parag A. Pathak and Christopher Walters
January 2016

Explaining Charter School Effectiveness

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5(4), 1-27
Joshua D. Angrist, Parag A. Pathak and Christopher Walters
October 2013

Who Benefits from KIPP? (working paper)

Joshua D. Angrist, Susan M. Dynarski, Thomas J. Kane, Parag A. Pathak and Christopher R. Walters
May 2011

Inputs and Impacts in Charter Schools: KIPP Lynn

The American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 100(2), 239-243
Joshua D. Angrist, Susan Dynarski, Thomas Kane, Parag A. Pathak and Christopher R. Walters
May 2010

Labor Economics, Econometrics

The Perils of Peer Effects

Labour Economics
Joshua D. Angrist
June 2014

Sources

Data ReadMe
Econometrics, Labor Economics

When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards (working paper)

Joshua Angrist, Philip Oreopoulos, Tyler Williams
December 2010
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The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools

Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Joshua D. Angrist and Parag A. Pathak
January 2014

Sources

Data, Programs, and Documentation ReadMe
Labor Economics, Econometrics

The Effects of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

American Economic Review, 99(4)
Joshua Angrist, Victor Lavy
September 2009

Sources

Figures and Tables 1-8
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Incentives and Services for College Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1(1)
Joshua Angrist, Daniel Lang, Philip Oreopoulos
January 2009
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Does Teacher Testing Raise Teacher Quality? Evidence from State Certification Requirements

The Economics of Education Review, 27(5)
Joshua Angrist, Jon Guryan
October 2008

Sources

Data and Programs
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program

American Economic Review, 94(5), 1613-1634
Joshua Angrist, Kevin Lang
December 2004
Labor Economics, Econometrics

American Education Research Changes Tack

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 20(2), 198-212
Joshua D. Angrist
June 2004
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Teacher Testing, Teacher Education, and Teacher Characteristics

American Economic Review
Joshua Angrist, Jon Guryan
May 2004
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment

American Economic Review, 92(5), 1535-1558
Joshua Angrist, Eric Bettinger, Erik Bloom, Elizabeth King, Michael Kremer
December 2002
Labor Economics, Econometrics

New Evidence on Classroom Computers and Pupil Learning

The Economic Journal, 112, 735-765
Joshua Angrist, Victor Lavy
October 2002

Sources

Data
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Does Teacher Training Affect Pupil Learning? Evidence From Matched Comparisons In Jerusalem Public Schools.

Journal of Labor Economics, 19(2), 343-369
Joshua Angrist, Victor Lavy
April 2001
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Is Spanish-Only Schooling Responsible for the Puerto Rican Language Gap?

Journal of Development Economics, 85(1)
Joshua Angrist, Aimee Chin, Ricardo Godoy
February 2008

Sources

Data and Programs
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Long-Term Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia

American Economic Review, 96(3), 847-862
Joshua Angrist, Eric Bettinger, Michael Kremer
June 2006

AER

Regression Discontinuity in Serial Dictatorship: Achievement Effects at Chicago’s Exam Schools

American Economic Review, 107(5), 240-245
Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Joshua D. Angrist, Yusuke Narita and Parag A. Pathak
May 2017

Sources

Supplement FFT Final Code Code File Matlab FFT Final JBES Ordered Probit STATA Code
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Semiparametric Estimates of Monetary Policy Effects: String Theory Revisited

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
Joshua Angrist, Òscar Jordà, Guido Kuersteiner
January 2016

Interpreting Tests of School VAM Validity

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 106(5), 388–392
Joshua D. Angrist, Peter Hull, Parag A. Pathak and Christopher Walters
May 2016

Sources

Web Appendix Program only .do file
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Wanna Get Away? Regression Discontinuity Estimation of Exam School Effects Away from the Cutoff

Journal of the American Statistical Association, 110(512), 1331-1344
Joshua Angrist, Miikka Rokkanen
January 2016

Sources

File package containing do-files (zipped)
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Evaluating Econometric Evaluations of Post-Secondary Aid

American Economic Review, 105(5), 502-507
Joshua Angrist, David Autor, Sally Hudson, Amanda Pallais
May 2015

Sources

Tables 1 and 2 (do) Tables 1 and 2 (log)
Labor Economics, Econometrics

ExtrapoLATE-ing: External Validity and Overidentification in the LATE Framework

In Advances in Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 3
Joshua D. Angrist, Iván Fernández-Val
May 2013

Sources

Programs and Data Documentation Auxillary Appendix
Econometrics, Labor Economics

Causal Effects of Monetary Shocks: Semiparametric Conditional Independence Tests with a Mulitinomial Propensity Score (working paper)

Joshua D. Angrist, Guido M. Kuersteiner
July 2008
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Sources

Journal of Labor Economics
Econometrics, Labor Economics

Multiple Experiments for the Causal Link between the Quantity and Quality of Children

Journal of Labor Economics
Joshua Angrist, Victor Lavy, Analia Schlosser
October 2010
Labor Economics, Econometrics

The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design is Taking the Con out of Econometrics

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(2), 3-30
Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke
March 2010
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Treatment Effects

In The New Palgrave, Second Edition
Joshua D. Angrist
January 2008

Sources

Notes Programs Raw Data (SAS) SAS Formates
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Instrumental variables methods in experimental criminological research: what , why and how

Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2, 1-22
Joshua D. Angrist
April 2006

Sources

Notes Programs Data
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Quantile Regression under Misspecification, with an Application to the U.S. Wage Structure

Econometrica
Joshua D. Angrist, Victor Chernozhukov, Iván Fernández-Val
March 2006
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Treatment Effect Heterogeneity In Theory and Practice

The Economic Journal, 114, C52-C83
Joshua D. Angrist
March 2004
Labor Economics, Econometrics

When to Control for Covariates? Panel Asymptotics for Estimates of Treatment Effects

The Review of Economics and Statistics
Joshua Angrist, Jinyong Hahn
February 2004

Sources

Program Files- Tables 2 and 3 Program Files Program Files Data
Econometrics

Instrumental Variables Estimates of the Effect of Subsidized Training on the Quantiles of Trainee Earnings

Econometrica, 70(1), 91-117.
Alberto Abadie, Joshua D. Angrist, G. Imbens
January 2002
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Instrumental Variables and the Search for Identification: From Supply and Demand to Natural Experiments

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 15(4), 69-85
Joshua D. Angrist, Alan B. Krueger
September 2001
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Estimation of Limited Dependent Variable Models With Dummy Endogenous Regressors

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 19(1), 2-28
Joshua D. Angrist
January 2001

Labor Economics, Econometrics

Long-term Consequences of Vietnam-Era Conscription: New Estimates Using Social Security Data

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings
Joshua D. Angrist, Stacey H. Chen, Jae Song
May 2011
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Schooling and the Vietnam-Era GI Bill: Evidence from the Draft Lottery

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Joshua Angrist, Stacey Chen
April 2011
Econometrics, Labor Economics

Did Vietnam Veterans Get Sicker in the 1990s? The Complicated Effects of Military Service on Self-Reported Health (working paper)

Joshua D. Angrist, Stacey H. Chen, Brigam R. Frandsen
March 2009

Sources

ILR Review
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Effects of Work-Related Absences on Families: Evidence from the Gulf War

ILR Review
Joshua D. Angrist, John H. Johnson, IV
October 2000

Sources

Journal of Labor Economics
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Why Do World War II Veterans Earn more than Nonveterans?

Journal of Labor Economics, 12(1), 74-97
Joshua D. Angrist, Alan B. Krueger
January 1994

Sources

Errata
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Lifetime Earnings and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Records

American Economic Review, 80(3), 313-336
Joshua D. Angrist
June 1990

Sources

Programs- Table 1 Programs- Table 2 Programs- Table 3 Programs- Table 8
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Rural Windfall or a New Resource Curse? Coca, Income and Civil Conflict in Colombia

The Review of Economics and Statistics, 90(2), 191-215
Joshua Angrist, Adriana Kugler
May 2008
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Protective or Counter Productive? Labor Market Institutions and the Effect of Immigration on EU Natives

The Economic Journal, 113, F302-F331
Joshua Angrist, Adriana Kugler
June 2003
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Econometrics, Labor Economics

How Do Sex Ratios Affect Marriage and Labor Markets? Evidence from America's Second Generation

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(3), 997-1038
Joshua D. Angrist
August 2002
Journal of Political Economy

Sources

Table 1: Summary Statistics Table 2: Initial Results Table 3: Baseline and Alternative Estimates Table 4: Exploring the Role of SSI/Disability Insurance Benefits Data for reproducing all tables
Labor Economics

Consequences of Employment Protection? The Case of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Journal of Political Economy, 109, pp 915-957
Daron Acemoglu, Joshua Angrist
October 2001