This highly successful text focuses on exploring alternative techniques, combined with a practical emphasis, A guide to alternative techniques with the emphasis on the intuition behind the approaches and their practical reference, this new edition builds on the strengths of the second edition...

Linear regression is a powerful tool for investigating the relationships between multiple variables by relating one variable to a set of variables. It can identify the effect of one variable while adjusting for other observable differences. For example, it can analyze how wages relate to gender,...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Linear static models -- 3 Dealing with heterogeneity and endogeneity: fixed effects, IV and GMM -- 4 Outliers, missing values and other data issues -- 5 Linear dynamic models -- 6 Models with limited...