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stat.AP2026
Where Do the Returns to Schooling Come From? Educational Transitions and Labor Market Payoffs
Aleksei Opacic
Conventional research on educational effects typically either employs a "years of schooling" measure of education, or dichotomizes attainment as a point-in-time treatment. Yet, suc…
stat.AP2024
Assumption Smuggling in Intermediate Outcome Tests of Causal Mechanisms
Matthew Blackwell, Ruofan Ma, Aleksei Opacic
Political scientists are increasingly interested in assessing causal mechanisms, or determining not just if a causal effect exists but also why it occurs. Even so, many researchers…