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From Joshua Angrist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and Jörn-Steffen Pischke, an accessible and fun guide to the essential tools of econometric research.





List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
1 Randomized Trials
1.1 In Sickness and in Health (Insurance)
1.2 The Oregon Trail
Masters of 'Metrics: From Daniel to R. A. Fisher
Appendix: Mastering Inference
2 Regression
2.1 A Tale of Two Colleges
2.2 Make Me a Match, Run Me a Regression
2.3 Ceteris Paribus?
Masters of 'Metrics: Galton and Yule
Appendix: Regression Theory
3 Instrumental Variables
3.1 The Charter Conundrum
3.2 Abuse Busters
3.3 The Population Bomb
Masters of 'Metrics: The Remarkable Wrights
Appendix: IV Theory
4 Regression Discontinuity Designs
4.1 Birthdays and Funerals
4.2 The Elite Illusion
Masters of 'Metrics: Donald Campbell
5 Differences-in-Differences
5.1 A Mississippi Experiment
5.2 Drink, Drank, .
Masters of 'Metrics: John Snow
Appendix: Standard Errors for Regression DD
6 The Wages of Schooling
6.1 Schooling, Experience, and Earnings
6.2 Twins Double the Fun
6.3 Econometricians Are Known by Their . Instruments
6.4 Rustling Sheepskin in the Lone Star State
Appendix: Bias from Measurement Error
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Empirical Notes
Acknowledgments
Index