Assessing bias in the estimation of causal effects: Rosenbaum bounds on matching estimators and instrumental variables estimation with imperfect instruments

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2004, Pages 271-310

  DiPrete, Thomas A ^a   Gangl, Markus ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 16244377716     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0081-1750.2004.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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