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Causal Effects in Education
Author(s) -
Webbink Dinand
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of economic surveys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.657
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1467-6419
pISSN - 0950-0804
DOI - 10.1111/j.0950-0804.2005.00258.x
Subject(s) - endogeneity , psychological intervention , exploit , instrumental variable , economics , process (computing) , causal model , econometrics , public economics , psychology , computer science , medicine , computer security , psychiatry , pathology , operating system
. In recent years, a wave of new studies on the effects of educational interventions on student performance has emerged. The realization that inputs in the education process are endogenous is important for the validity of traditional findings. Because of ignoring endogeneity bias, all traditional estimates might be wrong. Recent studies exploit exogenous variation in interventions in education produced by controlled or natural experiments. Results generated by this methodological innovation differ substantially from the traditional findings. This article reviews this new literature, illustrates new methods for identifying causal effects of interventions in education and compares the findings with the traditional literature.