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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
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
Empirical Strategies in Economics: Illuminating The Path From Cause To Effect
Econometrica, 90(6), 2509-2539
Joshua D. Angrist
November 2022
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
Machine Labor
Journal of Labor Economics, 40(S1), S1-S493
Joshua D. Angrist and Brigham Frandsen
April 2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Charter Schools
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
Education
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
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
'Metrics
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
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
Veterans
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
Labor Markets
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
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
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