Discrete outcomes and regression adjustment

Content for Thursday, February 1, 2024

Readings

• Chapters 13.2.6 and 13.4 in The Effect (Huntington-Klein 2021)
• Chapter 2 in Mastering Metrics (Angrist and Pischke 2015)
• Unobservable Selection and Coefficient Stability: Theory and Evidence (feel free to skim or skip Sections 3.2 and 3.3) (Oster 2019)

Videos

Video 34 from this playlist accompanies Chapter 13.2.6 in The Effect. Watching it is optional.

Slides

On the day of class, you will find my slides on Canvas.

References

Angrist, Joshua D., and Jörn-Steffen Pischke. 2015. Mastering ’Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Huntington-Klein, Nick. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman and Hall / CRC. https://theeffectbook.net/.

Oster, Emily. 2019. “Unobservable Selection and Coefficient Stability: Theory and Evidence.” Journal of Business & Economic Statistics 37 (2): 187–204. https://doi.org/10.1080/07350015.2016.1227711.