Joshua D. Angrist

Journal Articles

1. Joshua D. Angrist, A. E. Kowalski, L. Ristovska, Marcia L. Stefanick (2025). Instrumental Variables Methods Reveal Larger Effects of Menopausal Hormone Therapy in the Landmark Women’s Health Initiative Clinical Trial. AEA papers and proceedings. American Economic Association.DOI
2. Joshua D. Angrist, Andrés Santos, Otavio Tecchio (2025). One Instrument, Many Treatments: Instrumental Variables Identification of Multiple Causal Effects. Social Science Research Network.DOI
3. Joshua D. Angrist, Parag A. Pathak, Roman A. Zarate (2023). Choice and consequence: Assessing mismatch at Chicago exam schools. Journal Of Public Economics, Vol. 2230.DOI
4. Joshua D. Angrist (2022). EMPIRICAL STRATEGIES IN ECONOMICS: ILLUMINATING THE PATH FROM CAUSE TO EFFECT. Econometrica, Vol. 900, No. 6.DOI
5. Joshua D. Angrist, Brigham Frandsen (2022). Machine Labor. Journal Of Labor Economics, Vol. 400.DOI
6. Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, Yusuke Narita, Parag Pathak (2022). Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design. Econometrica, Vol. 900, No. 1.DOI
7. Joshua D. Angrist, Sydnee Caldwell, Jonathan Hall (2021). Uber versus Taxi: A Driver's Eye View. American Economic Journal-Applied Economics, Vol. 13, No. 3.DOI
8. Joshua D. Angrist, M. Kolesár (2021). One Instrument to Rule Them All: The Bias and Coverage of Just-ID IV. Social Science Research Network.DOI
9. Joshua D. Angrist, M. Kolesár (2021). One Instrument to Rule Them All: The Bias and Coverage of Just-ID IV *.
10. Leander Heldring, James A. Robinson, Sebastian Vollmer, D. Acemoğlu, Robert C. Allen, Joshua D. Angrist, R. Esteves, Joe Ferrie, Jeremiah Dittmar, R. Grafe, Felicity Heal, C. Holmes, Joel Mokyr, Kevin H. O'Rourke, O. Patterson, D. Smail, Beth Truesdale, Noam Yuchtman, Bruce M. S. Campbell, James Dowey, Johannes Bettin, Kathrin Ellieroth, Wiebke Gumboldt, J. Hauth, T. Kumaran, Amol Pai, Timo Stibbe (2020). NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE LONG-RUN IMPACT OF THE DISSOLUTION OF THE ENGLISH MONASTERIES.
11. Joshua D. Angrist, Victor Lavy, Jetson Leder-Luis, Adi Shany (2019). Maimonides' Rule Redux. American Economic Review-Insights, Vol. 1, No. 3.DOI
12. Joshua D. Angrist, Oscar Jorda, Guido M. Kuersteiner (2018). Semiparametric Estimates of Monetary Policy Effects: String Theory Revisited. Journal Of Business & Economic Statistics, Vol. 360, No. 3.DOI
13. Joshua D. Angrist, Erich Battistin, Daniela Vuri (2017). In a Small Moment: Class Size and Moral Hazard in the Italian Mezzogiorno. American Economic Journal-Applied Economics, Vol. 9, No. 4.DOI
14. Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, Yusuke Narita, Parag A. Pathak (2017). Research Design Meets Market Design: Using Centralized Assignment for Impact Evaluation. Econometrica, Vol. 85, No. 5.DOI
15. Joshua D. Angrist, Peter D. Hull, Parag A. Pathak, Christopher R. Walters (2017). LEVERAGING LOTTERIES FOR SCHOOL VALUE-ADDED: TESTING AND ESTIMATION. Quarterly Journal Of Economics, Vol. 1320, No. 2.DOI
16. Joshua D. Angrist, Jorn-Steffen Pischke (2017). Undergraduate Econometrics Instruction: Through Our Classes, Darkly. Journal Of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 310, No. 2.DOI
17. A. Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, Yusuke Narita, Parag A. Pathak (2017). Impact Evaluation in Matching Markets with General Tie-Breaking.DOI
18. Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, Peter D. Hull, Parag A. Pathak (2016). Charters without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston. American Economic Review, Vol. 1060, No. 7.DOI
19. Joshua D. Angrist, Sarah R. Cohodes, Susan M. Dynarski, Parag A. Pathak, Christopher R. Walters (2016). Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston's Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice. Journal Of Labor Economics, Vol. 340, No. 2.DOI
20. Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke (2015). Mastering 'Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect. Princeton University Press.
21. Joshua D. Angrist (2014). The perils of peer effects. Labour Economics, Vol. 30.DOI
22. Joshua D. Angrist, Parag A. Pathak, Christopher R. Walters (2013). Explaining Charter School Effectiveness. American Economic Journal-Applied Economics, Vol. 5, No. 4.DOI
23. Stephen B. Billings, David J. Deming, Jonah E. Rockoff, Kehinde F. Ajayi, Joshua D. Angrist, Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Elizabeth Cascio, C. Hoxby, R. Murnane, Amanda Pallais, Sarah J. Reber, Steven G. Rivkin, Stephen L. Ross (2013). School Segregation, Educational Attainment and Crime Evidence from the end of busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
24. Joshua D. Angrist, Susan M. Dynarski, Thomas J. Kane, Parag A. Pathak, Christopher R. Walters (2012). Who Benefits from KIPP? Journal Of Policy Analysis And Management, Vol. 310, No. 4.DOI
25. Joshua D. Angrist, Guido M. Kuersteiner (2011). CAUSAL EFFECTS OF MONETARY SHOCKS: SEMIPARAMETRIC CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE TESTS WITH A MULTINOMIAL PROPENSITY SCORE. Review Of Economics And Statistics, Vol. 930, No. 3.DOI
26. Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, Susan M. Dynarski, Thomas J. Kane, Parag A. Pathak (2011). ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: EVIDENCE FROM BOSTON'S CHARTERS AND PILOTS. Quarterly Journal Of Economics, Vol. 1260, No. 2.DOI
27. Joshua D. Angrist, Stacey H. Chen (2011). Schooling and the Vietnam-Era GI Bill: Evidence from the Draft Lottery. American Economic Journal-Applied Economics, Vol. 3, No. 2.DOI
28. J. Hatfield, Fuhito Kojima, D. Acemoğlu, Mustafa Oǧuz Afacan, Joshua D. Angrist, I. Ashlagi, Eduardo M. Azevedo, E. Budish, Gabriel D. Carroll, Yeon-Koo Che, G. Ellison, Dan Fragiadakis, Ben Golub, Guillaume Haeringer, Tadashi Hashimoto, James J. Heckman, Eun Jeong Heo, B. Hickman, Bengt Holmstrom, N. Immorlica, N. Kartik, Onur Kesten, S. Kominers, Jonathan D. Levin, Mihai Manea, Bentley Macleod, P. Milgrom, T. Moe, Hervé Moulin, Muriel Niederle, D. Neal, Phil Reny, Michael H. Riordan, Alvin E. Roth, Kyoungwon Seo, Tayfun Sönmez, Y. Takagi, William Thomson, J. Tirole, Juuso Toikka, P. Troyan, Xin Wei (2011). Promoting School Competition Through School Choice: A Market Design Approach∗.
29. Joshua D. Angrist, Stacey H. Chen, Brigham R. Frandsen (2010). Did Vietnam veterans get sicker in the 1990s? The complicated effects of military service on self-reported health. Journal Of Public Economics, Vol. 940, No. 1112.DOI
30. Joshua D. Angrist, Joern-Steffen Pischke (2010). The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design is Taking the Con out of Econometrics. Journal Of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 240, No. 2.DOI
31. Joshua D. Angrist, A. Chin, B. Chiswick, D. Cobb-Clark, D. de Walque, Nicola Fuchs-Schundeln, D. Hamermesh, David A. Jaeger, Chinhui Juhn, Scott A. Imberman, Melanie Khamis, B. Kriechel, Adriana Kugler (2010). Children of War: The Long-Run Effects of Large-Scale Physical Destruction and Warfare on Children.
32. Joshua D. Angrist, Daniel W. Lang, Philip Oreopoulos (2009). Incentives and Services for College Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Trial. American Economic Journal Applied Economics.DOI
33. Joshua D. Angrist, Jonathan Guryan (2008). Does teacher testing raise teacher quality? Evidence from state certification requirements. Economics Of Education Review, Vol. 27, No. 50.DOI
34. Joshua D. Angrist, Adriana D. Kugler (2008). Rural windfall or a new resource curse? Coca, income, and civil conflict in Colombia. Review Of Economics And Statistics, Vol. 900, No. 2.DOI
35. Joshua D. Angrist, A. Chin, R. Godoy (2006). Is Spanish-Only Schooling Responsible for the Puerto Rican Language Gap? NBER Working Paper No. 12005.DOI
36. Joshua D. Angrist, Victor Lavy, Analía Schlosser (2006). New Evidence on the Causal Link between the Quantity and Quality of Children. Social Science Research Network.DOI
37. David N. Weil, Joshua D. Angrist, Andrew D. Foster, Rachel M. Friedberg, David Genesove, B. Sohn, Suchit Arora (2006). NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES ACCOUNTING FOR THE EFFECT OF HEALTH ON ECONOMIC GROWTH.
38. Joshua D. Angrist (2004). TREATMENT EFFECT HETEROGENEITY I N T HEORY AND PRACTICE.DOI
39. S. Athey, G. Imbens, Alberto Abadie, J. Altonji, Donald Andrews, Joshua D. Angrist, David Card, Esther Duflo, Austan Goolsbee, J. Hahn, C. Hoxby, Rosa L. Matzkin, C. Meghir, J. Poterba, S. Stern, P. Todd, E. Vytlacil, Richard K. Crump, Derek Gurney, Lu Han, P. Law, M. Osborne, Leonardo Rezende, Paul N. Riskind (2003). IDENTIFICATION AND INFERENCE IN NONLINEAR DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES MODELS BY.
40. Joshua D. Angrist (2002). How Do Sex Ratios Affect Marriage and Labor Markets? Evidence from America's Second Generation. Social Science Research Network.DOI
41. Joshua D. Angrist, Kevin Lang (2002). How Important are Classroom Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
42. Joshua D. Angrist, Alan B. Krueger (2001). Instrumental Variables And The Search For Identification: From Supply And Demand To Natural Experiments.DOI
43. Joshua D. Angrist, Eric Bettinger, Erik Bloom, Elizabeth M. King, Michael R. Kremer (2001). Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
44. Joshua D. Angrist (2000). Estimation of Limited-Dependent Variable Models with Dummy Endogenous Regressors: Simple Strategies for Empirical Practice.DOI
45. Joshua D. Angrist (2000). Consequences of Imbalanced Sex Ratios: Evidence from America's Second Generation. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
46. Joshua D. Angrist, Jinyong Hahn (1999). When to Control for Covariates? Panel-Asymptotic Results for Estimates of Treatment Effects.DOI
47. Joshua D. Angrist, Guido W. Imbens, Alan B. Krueger (1999). Jackknife instrumental variables estimation. Journal of Applied Econometrics.DOI
48. Joshua D. Angrist, Victor Lavy (1998). Does Teacher Training Affect Pupil Learning? Evidence from Matched Comparisons in Jerusalem Public Schools. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
49. Joshua D. Angrist, John H. Johnson (1998). Effects of Work-Related Absences on Families: Evidence from the Gulf War. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
50. Daron Acemoğlu, Joshua D. Angrist (1998). Consequences of Employment Protection? The Case of the Americans with Disabilities Act. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
51. Joshua D. Angrist (1998). Conditional Independence in Sample Selection Models.
52. Joshua D. Angrist (1998). The Palestinian Labor Market Between the Gulf War and Autonomy. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
53. Joshua D. Angrist (1998). Estimating the Labor Market Impact of Voluntary Military Service Using Social Security Data on Military Applicants. Econometrica.DOI
54. Alberto Abadie, Joshua D. Angrist, Guido W. Imbens (1998). Instrumental Variables Estimation of Quantile Treatment Effects. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
55. Joshua D. Angrist, Victor Lavy (1997). Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Student Achievement. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
56. Joshua D. Angrist, W. N. Evans (1996). Children and Their Parents' Labor Supply: Evidence from Exogenous Variation in Family Size.DOI
57. Joshua D. Angrist, Victor Lavy (1996). The Effect of Teen Childbearing and Single Parenthood on Childhood Disabilities and Progress in School. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
58. Joshua D. Angrist, William N. Evans (1996). Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of the 1970 State Abortion Reforms. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
59. Joshua D. Angrist, G. Imbens, Alan B. Krueger (1995). Jackknife Instrumental Variables Estimation.DOI
60. Joshua D. Angrist, Alan Krueger (1995). Split Sample Instrumental Variables.DOI
61. Joshua D. Angrist (1995). Conditioning on the Probability of Selection to Control Selection Bias. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
62. Joshua D. Angrist, Kathryn Graddy, Guido W. Imbens (1995). Non-Parametric Demand Analysis with an Application to the Demand for Fish. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
63. Guido W. Imbens, Joshua D. Angrist (1994). Identification and Estimation of Local Average Treatment Effects. Econometrica.DOI
64. Joshua D. Angrist, Alan B. Krueger (1994). Why Do World War II Veterans Earn More than Nonveterans? Journal of Labor Economics.DOI
65. Joshua D. Angrist, Guido W. Imbens, Donald B. Rubin (1993). Identification of Causal Effects Using Instrumental Variables. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
66. Joshua D. Angrist, Alan B. Krueger (1992). The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment: An Application of Instrumental Variables with Moments from Two Samples.DOI
67. Joshua D. Angrist, Alan B. Krueger (1992). Estimating the Payoff to Schooling Using the Vietnam-Era Draft Lottery. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI
68. Joshua D. Angrist (1991). LINEAR INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES ESTIMATION OF AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECTS IN NONLINEAR MODELS.
69. Joshua D. Angrist (1991). Instrumental Variables Estimation of Average Treatment Effects in Econometrics and Epidemiology.DOI
70. Joshua D. Angrist (1991). The Draft Lottery and Voluntary Enlistment in the Vietnam Era. Journal of the American Statistical Association.DOI
71. Joshua D. Angrist (1990). Does Labor Supply Explain Fluctuations in Average Hours Worked.DOI
72. Joshua D. Angrist, Alan B. Krueger (1990). Does Compulsory School Attendance Affect Schooling and Earnings?DOI
73. Joshua D. Angrist (1990). The Effect of Veterans Benefits on Veterans' Education and Earnings. National Bureau of Economic Research.DOI

Preprints

1. Joshua D. Angrist, Marc Diederichs, Glenn Ellison (2026). Will The University Endowment Tax Slow Scientific Progress? Evidence from Elite Economics PhD Programs. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
2. Joshua D. Angrist, Bruno Ferman, Carol Gao, Peter Hull, Otávio Tecchio, Robert W. Yeh (2025). Instrumental Variables with Time-Varying Exposure: New Estimates of Revascularization Effects on Quality of Life. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
3. Joshua D. Angrist, Peter Hull, Russell Legate-Yang, Parag A. Pathak, Christopher Walters (2025). Putting School Surveys to the Test. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
4. Joshua D. Angrist, Marc Diederichs (2024). Dissertation Paths: Advisors and Students in the Economics Research Production Function. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
5. Joshua D. Angrist, Peter Hull, Christopher Walters (2022). Methods for Measuring School Effectiveness. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
6. Joshua D. Angrist, Guthrie Gray-Lobe, Clemence Idoux, Parag A. Pathak (2022). Still Worth the Trip? School Busing Effects in Boston and New York. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
7. Joshua D. Angrist, Peter Hull, Parag A. Pathak, Christopher Walters (2022). Race and the Mismeasure of School Quality. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
8. Joshua D. Angrist, Peter Hull, Parag A. Pathak, Christopher Walters (2021). Simple and Credible Value-Added Estimation Using Centralized School Assignment. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
9. Joshua D. Angrist, David Autor, Amanda Pallais (2020). Marginal Effects of Merit Aid for Low-Income Students. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
10. Joshua D. Angrist, Miikka Rokkanen (2013). Wanna Get Away? Rd Identification Away from the Cutoff. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
11. Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Joshua D. Angrist, Parag A. Pathak (2012). The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
12. Joshua D. Angrist, Stacey H. Chen (2007). Long-Term Effects of Vietnam-Era Conscription: Schooling, Experience and Earning. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
13. Joshua D. Angrist, Victor Chernozhukov, Iván Fernández‐Val (2004). Quantile Regression Under Misspecification, with an Application to the U.S. Wage Structure. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
14. Joshua D. Angrist, Victor Lavy (2004). The Effect of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards: Evidence from a School-Centered Randomized Trial. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
15. Joshua D. Angrist, Kevin Lang (2004). Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
16. Joshua D. Angrist, Adriana Debora Kugler (2002). Protective or Counter-Productive? Labor Market Institutions and the Effect of Immigration on EU Natives. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
17. Joshua D. Angrist, Victor Lavy (2001). New Evidence on Classroom Computers and Pupil Learning. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
18. Daron Acemoğlu, Joshua D. Angrist (2000). How Large are the Social Returns to Education? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
19. Alberto Abadie, Joshua D. Angrist, Guido W. Imbens (1999). Instrumental Variables Estimates of the Effect of Subsidized Training on the Quantiles of Trainee Earnings. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI
20. Joshua D. Angrist, Alan B. Krueger (1998). Empirical Strategies in Labor Economics. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.

Book Chapters

1. Joshua D. Angrist, Iván Fernández‐Val (2013). ExtrapoLATE-ing: External Validity and Overidentification in the LATE Framework. Cambridge University Press eBooks.DOI