IZA Discussion Papers

published in: Nigar Hashimzade and Michael A. Thornton (eds.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Empirical Microeconomics, Cheltenham Glos: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12572

Learning Management through Matching: A Field Experiment Using Mechanism Design

Girum Abebe, Marcel Fafchamps, Michael Koelle, Simon Quinn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12362

The Perry Preschoolers at Late Midlife: A Study in Design-Specific Inference

James J. Heckman, Ganesh Karapakula

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12205

Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua Angrist, Yusuke Narita, Parag A. Pathak

published in: Econometrica, 2022, 90 (1), 117–151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11796

Methods Matter: P-Hacking and Causal Inference in Economics

Abel Brodeur, Nikolai Cook, Anthony Heyes

published as 'Methods Matter: P-Hacking and Publication Bias in Causal Analysis in Economics' in: American Economic Review, 2020, 110 (11), 3634-3660

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11721

Altruism or Diminishing Marginal Utility?

Romain Gauriot, Stephanie A. Heger, Robert Slonim

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 180, 24-48

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11626

Identification of Causal Mechanisms Based on Between-Subject Double Randomization Designs

Conny Wunsch, Renate Strobl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11560

Regression Discontinuity and Heteroskedasticity Robust Standard Errors: Evidence from a Fixed-Bandwidth Approximation

Otávio Bartalotti

published in: Journal of Econometric Methods, 2019, 8 (1), 20160007.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11004

Indirect Inference with Importance Sampling: An Application to Women's Wage Growth

Robert M. Sauer, Christopher Taber

published as 'Understanding women's wage growth using indirect inference with importance sampling' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2021, 36 (4), 453 - 473

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10473

Estimation and Inference for Actual and Counterfactual Growth Incidence Curves

Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Sergio Firpo, Antonio F. Galvao

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019, 34, 385-402

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9706

The Finite Sample Performance of Inference Methods for Propensity Score Matching and Weighting Estimators

Hugo Bodory, Lorenzo Camponovo, Martin Huber, Michael Lechner

published in: Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2020, 38 (1), 183-200

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8282

A Permutation Test and Estimation Alternatives for the Regression Kink Design

Peter Ganong, Simon Jäger

revised version published as 'A Permutation Test for the Regression Kink Design' in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2018, 113 (522), 494-504

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6748

Estimating Equilibrium Effects of Job Search Assistance

Pieter A. Gautier, Paul Muller, Bas van der Klaauw, Michael Rosholm, Michael Svarer

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 36 (4), 1073-1125

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5625

Inference with Imperfect Randomization: The Case of the Perry Preschool Program

James J. Heckman, Rodrigo Pinto, Azeem M. Shaikh, Adam Yavitz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5564

Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Britain: Evidence from a Bayesian Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Analysis

Siddhartha Chib, Liana Jacobi

revised version published as 'Bayesian Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Analysis and Returns to Compulsory Schooling' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2016, 31 (6), 1026 - 1047

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4237

Identification and Estimation of Causal Mechanisms and Net Effects of a Treatment under Unconfoundedness

Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4222

How Do Shocks to Non-Cognitive Skills Affect Test Scores?

Stefanie Behncke

published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 107/108, 155 - 173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3330

On the Dynamics of Interstate Migration: Migration Costs and Self-Selection

Christian Bayer, Falko Juessen

published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2012, 15 (3), 377-401

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2567