Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences: A Design-Based Approach (Strategies for Social Inquiry)

Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences: A Design-Based Approach (Strategies for Social Inquiry)


Yazar Thad Dunning
Yayınevi Cambridge University Press
ISBN 9781107698000
Baskı yılı 2012
Sayfa sayısı 376
Ağırlık 0.75 kg
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This unique book is the first comprehensive guide to the discovery, analysis, and evaluation of natural experiments - an increasingly popular methodology in the social sciences. Thad Dunning provides an introduction to key issues in causal inference, incl
1. Introduction: why natural experiments?; Part I. Discovering Natural Experiments: 2. Standard natural experiments; 3. Regression-discontinuity designs; 4. Instrumental-variables designs; Part II. Analyzing Natural Experiments: 5. Simplicity and transpar