An Evaluation of Instrumental Variable Strategies for Estimating the Effects of Catholic Schooling

Joseph Altonji, Todd Elder and Christopher R. Taber

Journal of Human Resources, 2005, vol. 40, issue 4, 791-821

Abstract: Several previous studies have relied on religious affiliation and the proximity to Catholic schools as exogenous sources of variation for identifying the effect of Catholic schooling on a wide variety of outcomes. Using three separate approaches, we examine the validity of these instrumental variables. We find that none of the candidate instruments is a useful source of identification in currently available data sets. We also investigate the role of exclusion restrictions versus nonlinearity as the source of identification in bivariate probit models. The analysis may be useful as a template for the assessment of instrumental variables strategies in other applications.

Date: 2005
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