Publications
Applied Econometrics
A Practical Guide to Shift-Share Instruments
with Kirill Borusyak & Xavier Jaravel
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2025
Design-Based Identification with Formula Instruments: A Review
with Kirill Borusyak & Xavier Jaravel
Econometrics Journal, 2025
Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions
with Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham & Michal Kolesár
American Economic Review, 2024
Negative Weights are no Concern in Design-Based Specifications
with Kirill Borusyak
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024
Non-Random Exposure to Exogenous Shocks
with Kirill Borusyak
Econometrica, 2023
Twitter thread | Longer working paper | Code
Methods for Measuring School Effectiveness
with Joshua Angrist & Christopher Walters
Handbook of the Economics of Education, 2023
Quasi-Experimental Shift-Share Research Designs
with Kirill Borusyak & Xavier Jaravel
Review of Economic Studies, 2022
Discrimination
Systemic Discrimination: Theory and Measurement
with J. Aislinn Bohren & Alex Imas
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Conditionally accepted
Unwarranted Disparity in High-Stakes Decisions: Race Measurement and Policy Responses
with E. Jason Baron, Joseph J. Doyle, Jr., Natalia Emanuel, & Joseph Ryan
In CRIW Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Statistics for the 21st Century, Forthcoming
Building Non-Discriminatory Algorithms in Selected Data
with David Arnold & Will Dobbie
American Economic Review: Insights, 2025
Discrimination in Multi-Phase Systems: Evidence from Child Protection
with E. Jason Baron, Joseph J. Doyle, Jr., Natalia Emanuel, & Joseph Ryan
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024
Appendix | Code | Twitter thread
Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions
with David Arnold & Will Dobbie
American Economic Review, 2022
Appendix | Twitter thread | Presentation video
Measuring Racial Discrimination in Algorithms
with David Arnold & Will Dobbie
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021
Education
"Something Works" in U.S. Jails: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program
with Marcella Alsan, Arkey Barnett, & Crystal Yang
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2025
Appendix | Code | Non-technical summary | Twitter thread
Race and the Mismeasure of School Quality
with Joshua Angrist, Parag Pathak, & Christopher Walters
American Economic Review: Insights, 2024
Credible School Value-Added with Undersubscribed School Lotteries
with Joshua Angrist, Parag Pathak, & Christopher Walters
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024
Leveraging Lotteries for School Value-Added: Testing and Estimation
with Joshua Angrist, Parag Pathak, & Christopher Walters
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017
Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston
with Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Joshua Angrist, & Parag Pathak
American Economic Review, 2016
Interpreting Tests of School VAM Validity
with Joshua Angrist, Parag Pathak, & Christopher Walters
American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2016
Healthcare
Intentions are Good; Instrumental Variables are Better
with Joshua Angrist, Carol Gao, & Robert Yeh
NEJM Evidence, Forthcoming
with Joshua Angrist
PNAS, 2023
Appendix | Twitter thread | Code
Geographic Access to Federally Qualified Health Centers Before and After the Affordable Care Act
with Caroline Behr, John Hsu, Joseph Newhouse, & Vicki Fung
BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Mortality Effects and Choice Across Private Health Insurance Plans
with Jason Abaluck, Mauricio Caceres Bravo, & Amanda Starc
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021
Appendix | Code | Twitter thread | Summary video
with Vicki Fung, Stephen McCarthy, Mary Price, Benjamin Lê Cook, John Hsu, & Joseph Newhouse
Medical Care, 2021
with Vicki Fung, Mary Price, Benjamin Lê Cook, John Hsu, & Joseph Newhouse
JAMA Open, 2021
with Catherine Myong, Mary Price, John Hsu, Joseph Newhouse, & Vicki Fung
PLOS One, 2020
with Veri Seo, Travis Baggett, Anne Thorndike, John Hsu, Joseph Newhouse, & Vicki Fung
BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Adjusting Risk Adjustment - Accounting for Variation in Diagnostic Intensity
with Amy Finkelstein, Matthew Gentzkow, & Heidi Williams
New England Journal of Medicine, 2017
Other Topics
Joshua David Angrist (1960-)
Palgrave Companion to MIT Economics, Forthcoming
Labor by Design: Contributions of David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens
with Michal Kolesár & Christopher Walters
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2022
Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Foreign Interest Rate Movements
with Masami Imai
Journal of Development Economics, 2013
Does Taxation on Banks Mean Taxation on Bank-Dependent Borrowers?
with Masami Imai
Economics Bulletin, 2012
Credit Ratings and Security Prices in the Subprime MBS Market
with Adam Ashcraft, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, & James Vickery
American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2011