Heterogeneous causal effects and sample selection bias

Sociological Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 351-369

  Breen, Richard ^a   Choi, Seongsoo ^a   Holm, Anders ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Causality; Education; Heterogeneous treatment effects; NLSY79; Propensity score; Sample selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962835074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23306696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15195/v2.a17     Document Type: Article

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