IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LIFE

• dissertation - matière potentielle : on discrete choice analysis

IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LIFE Charles F. Manski Board of Trustees Professor in Economics Northwestern University Università Degli Studi Di Roma ‘Tor Vergata': May 24, 2006 Some Sources Manski, C., Identification Problems in the Social Sciences, Harvard University Press, 1995. Manski, C., Partial Identification of Probability Distributions, Springer-Verlag, 2003. Manski, C., Social Choice with Partial Knowledge of Treatment Response, Princeton University Press, 2005.

• empirical observations of the behavior of individuals
• feature of a population
• empirical research
• assumptions
• distribution of income
• identification
• social scientists
• data
• time