A mechanism-based approach to the identification of age-period-cohort models

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-401

  Winship, Christopher ^a   Harding, David J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

APC models; Cohorts; Front door criterion; Identification strategies; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449123024     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124107310635     Document Type: Article

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