This chapter provides an overview of the methodological and practical issues that arise when estimating causal relationships that are of interest to labor economists. The subject matter includes identification, data collection, and measurement problems. Four identification strategies are...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK -- Part I. Preliminaries -- Chapter 1. Questions about Questions -- Chapter 2. The Experimental Ideal -- Part II. The Core -- Chapter 3. Making Regression Make Sense -- Chapter 4. Instrumental...