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The estimation of the effects of treatments endogenous variables representing everything from individual participation in a training program to national participation in a World Bank loan program has occupied much of the theoretical and applied econometric research literatures. This volume presents a collection of papers on this topic.
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Selection Bias in Evaluating Treatment Effects: Some Formal Illustration The Event-History Approach to Program Evaluation Bayesian Analysis of Treatment Effects in an Ordered Potential Outcomes Model Instrumental Variables Estimation of the Average Treatment Effect in the Correlated Random Coefficient Model Evaluating The Effects of Job Training Programs on Wages through Principal Stratification Graphical Diagnostics of Endogeneity Fertility and the Health of Children: A Nonparametric Investigation Program Participation, Labor Force Dynamics, and Accepted Wage Rates When is ATE Enough? Risk Aversion and Inequality Aversion in Evaluating Training Programs Practical Issues When Estimating Dynamic Treatment Models by Matching Methods Panel Data Models and Transitory Fluctuations in the Explanatory Variable An Empirical Assessment of Effects of Parenthood on Wages The Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany - A Microeconometric Evaluation
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The estimation of the effects of treatments endogenous variables representing everything from individual participation in a training program to national participation in a World Bank loan program has occupied much of the theoretical and applied econometric research literatures. This volume presents a collection of papers on this topic.
