Instrumental Variables

Overview

In this module, we discuss the use of instrumental variables techniques to estimate the local average treatment effects (LATEs) of programs that have not been randomly assigned.

Readings

Preprimary Education and Early Childhood Development: Evidence from Government Schools in Rural Kenya

Optional Readings

Instrumental Variables: An Econometrician’s Perspective

Lecture Slides

A handout version of the lecture slides is available here.

Empirical Exercise

The empirical exercise as a pdf.

A web version of the empirical exercise is available here.