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Joshua D. Angrist
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 311
Citations - 64677
Joshua D. Angrist is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Instrumental variable & Earnings. The author has an hindex of 89, co-authored 304 publications receiving 59505 citations. Previous affiliations of Joshua D. Angrist include Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Boston University.
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Does Teacher Training Affect Pupil Learning? Evidence from Matched Comparisons in Jerusalem Public Schools
Joshua D. Angrist,Victor Lavy +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of in-service teacher training on achievement in Jerusalem elementary schools using a matched-comparison design was investigated and it was found that training in secular schools led to an improvement in test scores.
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Wanna Get Away? Regression Discontinuity Estimation of Exam School Effects Away From the Cutoff
TL;DR: In this paper, a regression discontinuity (RD) identification and estimation away from the cutoff is discussed, where the identification strategy exploits the availability of dependent variable predictors other than the running variable.
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Why do World War II Veterans Earn More Than Nonveterans
TL;DR: This paper found that World War II veterans earn no more than comparable non-veterans and may well earn less than comparable civilian veterans in the United States, based on the fact that from 1942 to 1947 priority for conscription was determined by date of birth.
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Who Benefits from Kipp
Joshua D. Angrist,Joshua D. Angrist,Joshua D. Angrist,Susan Dynarski,Susan Dynarski,Thomas J. Kane,Thomas J. Kane,Parag A. Pathak,Christopher R. Walters +8 more
TL;DR: The authors evaluated the impact of KIPP Academy Lynn, a KIPP school in Lynn, Massachusetts that typifies the KIPP approach and found that the average reading gains were driven almost completely by SPED and LEP students, whose reading scores rose by roughly 0.35 standard deviations for each year spent at KIPP Lynn.
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The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design is Taking the Con out of Econometrics. NBER Working Paper No. 15794.
TL;DR: The authors reviewed progress in empirical economics since Leamer's critique and pointed out that the credibility revolution in empirical work can be traced to the rise of a design-based approach that emphasizes the identification of causal effects.