An Evaluation of Instrumental Variable Strategies for Estimating the Effects of Catholic Schools

Several previous studies have relied on religious affiliation and the proximity to Catholic schools as exogenous sources of variation for identifying the effect of Catholic schooling on a wide variety of outcomes. Using three separate approaches, we examine the validity of these instrumental variables. We find that none of the candidate instruments is a useful source of identification of the Catholic school effect, at least in currently available data sets

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Year of publication:	[2021]
Authors:	Altonji, Joseph G. ; Elder, Todd E. ; Taber, Christopher
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Katholizismus \| Catholicism \| IV-Schätzung \| Instrumental variables \| Schätztheorie \| Estimation theory \| Privatschule \| Private school \| Bildungsertrag \| Returns to education \| Schule \| School

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (38 p)
Series:	NBER Working Paper ; No. w9358
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 2002 erstellt
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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