Identification of Endogenous Social Effects: The Reflection Problem¶

Manski. (1993). Identification of Endogenous Social Effects: The Reflection Problem: The Reflection Problem. The Review of Economic Studies.

Type: Journal article
Intellectual base: Review or monograph
Year: 1993
DOI: 10.2307/2298123
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Link: https://doi.org/10.2307/2298123

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Endogeneity
- . Political science and public policy — treatment-effect estimation with endogenous take-up; IV, RDD, and DiD policy evaluations. Sociology and education — peer-effects estimation and Manski's reflection problem; school-choice and network-influence studies
  This sourceManski's identification analysis of endogenous social effects, showing that inference about group influence on individual behaviour is not possible without prior information on reference-group composition.
  
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  “This paper examines the reflection problem that arises when a researcher observing the distribution of behaviour in a population tries to infer whether the average behaviour in some group influences the behaviour of the individuals that comprise the group.”
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