% WARNING: This file may contain UTF-8 (unicode) characters. % While non-8-bit characters are officially unsupported in BibTeX, you % can use them with the biber backend of biblatex % usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex} @techreport{NBERw9358, title = "An Evaluation of Instrumental Variable Strategies for Estimating the Effects of Catholic Schools", author = "Altonji, Joseph G and Elder, Todd E and Taber, Christopher R", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "9358", year = "2002", month = "December", doi = {10.3386/w9358}, URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w9358", abstract = {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}, }