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2016
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[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 250 [Publisher:] Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [Place:] Bonn [Year:] 2016
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
Randomized control trials are often considered the gold standard to establish causality. However, in many policy-relevant situations, these trials are not possible. Instrumental variables affect the outcome only via a specific treatment; as such, they allow for the estimation of a causal effect. However, finding valid instruments is difficult. Moreover, instrumental variables estimates recover a causal effect only for a specific part of the population. While those limitations are important, the objective of establishing causality remains; and instrumental variables are an important econometric tool to achieve this objective.
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natural experiments
quasi-natural experiments
treatment effects
local average treatment effect
omitted variable bias
reverse causality
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C01
C26
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