The “Window Problem” in Studies of Children's Attainments: A Methodological Exploration
儿童成长结果研究中的“观察窗口问题”
Numerous statistical studies of the determinants of children's attainments measure the circumstances or events occurring over the childhood period by observations of these variables for a single year or a short duration during childhood. These variables are accepted as proxies for information over the entire childhood period. We explore the reliability of estimated results from studies that use such “window” variables. Because window variables describing intermittent events…