Design-Based Research in Empirical Microeconomics

David Card

Working Papers from Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.

Abstract: I briefly review the emergence of "design-based" research methods in labor economics in the 1980s and early 1990s. These methods were seen as a partial solution to the problems of credible inference identified by Ashenfelter (1974), Leamer (1978), Hendry (1980), and others. Designed-based studies typically use a simplified one-equation model of the outcome of interest – in contrast to model-based studies that specify a data generating process for all factors determining the outcome. I discuss some of the strengths and weaknesses of the design-based approach and the value of such research in the field.

Keywords: design-based research; labor economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B00 B40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-01
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