Joshua D. Angrist

TL;DR: This paper used two-stage least squares (TSLS) to estimate the average causal effect of variable treatments such as drug dosage, hours of exam preparation, cigarette smoking, and years of schooling.

TL;DR: This paper used a new instrumental variable, the sex composition of the first two births in families with at least two children, to estimate the effect of additional children on parents' labor supply.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of class size on student achievement has been investigated in the context of test scores of Israeli 4th and 5th graders and 3rd graders.

TL;DR: This article used a new instrumental variable the sex composition of the first two births in families with at least two children to estimate the effect of additional children on parents labor supply in the United States, and found that married women who have a third child reduce their labor supply by as much as women in the full sample while there is no relationship between wives childbearing and husbands labor supply.

TL;DR: This article 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.