The estimation of causal effectss: An introduction to methods of causal inference based on peer effects in education;Die Schätzung von kausalen Effekten: Überlegungen zu Methoden der Kausalanalyse anhand von Kontexteffekten in der Schule

Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-153

  Legewie, Joscha ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Difference in difference; Experiment; Fixed effect; Peer effects; Regression discontinuity design; Regression models; Sociology of education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858430244     PISSN: 00232653     EISSN: 1861891X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11577-012-0158-5     Document Type: Article

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