angristlavy {rbounds}

Angrist and Lavy (1999) Maimonides' Rule Data Set

Description

Angrist and Lavy (1999) data set used by Rosenbaum (2010) to demonstrate his instrumental variable sensitivity analysis.

Usage

data(angristlavy)

Format

A data.frame with 172 observations on the following variables).

clasz: Size of class or classes for each cohort.

avgmath: Average math test score for each class.

z: A recode of enrollment with 1 indicating a cohort with 41 or more students, i.e. two classes. This serves as the instrument which encourages smaller classes.

pair: matched pair id

Source

Angrist, Joshua and Lavy, Victor (1999). “Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Scholastic Achievement.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 114, 533–575.

Rosenbaum, Paul R. (2010). Design of Observational Studies. Springer-Verlag.

References

Rosenbaum, Paul R. (2010). Design of Observational Studies. Springer-Verlag.