Values and limitations of statistical models

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-349

  Xie, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal Inference; Heterogeneity; Mare model; Schooling transition; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052897235     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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