TY  - JOUR
AU  - Altonji,Joseph G.
AU  - Elder,Todd E.
AU  - Taber,Christopher R.
TI  - An Evaluation of Instrumental Variable Strategies for Estimating the Effects of Catholic Schools
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 9358
PY  - 2002
Y2  - December 2002
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w9358
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w9358.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Joseph G. Altonji
Department of Economics
Yale University
Box 208264
New Haven, CT  06520-8264
Tel: 203/432-6285
Fax: 203/432-5591
E-Mail: joseph.altonji@yale.edu

Todd Elder
E-Mail: telder@uiuc.edu

Christopher R. Taber
Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin -Madison
1180 Observatory Dr
Social Sciences Building #6448
Madison, WI 53706-1320
Tel: (608) 263-7791
Fax: (608) 262-2033
E-Mail: ctaber@ssc.wisc.edu
AB  - Several previous studies have relied on religious affiliation and the proximity to Catholic schools as exogenous sources of variation for identifying the effect of Catholic schooling on a wide variety of outcomes. Using three separate approaches, we examine the validity of these instrumental variables. We find that none of the candidate instruments is a useful source of identification of the Catholic school effect, at least in currently available data sets
ER  -