Beyond LATE with a discrete instrument

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 985-1039

  Brinch, Christian N ^a   Mogstad, Magne ^b,c,d   Wiswall, Matthew ^e  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FERTILITY; HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 85025128076     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/692712     Document Type: Article

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