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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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Lead Them to Water and Pay Them to Drink: An Experiment with Services and Incentives for College Achievement
Joshua D. Angrist,Joshua D. Angrist,Joshua D. Angrist,Daniel Lang,Philip Oreopoulos,Philip Oreopoulos,Philip Oreopoulos +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on a randomized field experiment involving two strategies designed to improve attrition, delayed completion, and poor achievement among first-year undergraduates at a large Canadian university.
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Explaining Charter School Effectiveness
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore student-level and school-level explanations for the difference between urban and non-urban charters' performance in Massachusetts, and show that urban charters outperform urban public school students.
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In a Small Moment: Class Size and Moral Hazard in the Mezzogiorno
TL;DR: In this article, an instrumental variables identification strategy that exploits statutory class size caps shows significant achievement gains in smaller classes in Italian primary schools, suggesting a substantial return to class size reductions for residents of the Mezzogiorno.
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ExtrapoLATE-ing: External Validity and Overidentification in the LATE Framework
TL;DR: In this paper, a covariate-based approach to the external validity of instrumental variables (IV) estimates is presented, assuming that differences in observed complier characteristics are what make IV estimates differ from one another and from parameters like the effect of treatment on the treated.
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How Important are Classroom Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
TL;DR: This article study the impact of Metco, a long-running desegregation program that sends mostly black students out of the Boston public school district to attend schools in more affluent suburban districts.