From IZA World of Labor October 31, 2017 Dan Black Harris Public Policy Professor Dan Black Harris Public Policy Professor Dan Black published an article in IZA World of Labor arguing that matching is a powerful statistical method that is being under utilized, despite the fact that revolutions in computing power has made it much easier to implement than in the past. "Matching is a powerful but often misunderstood statistical technique. It allows the researcher to program impacts (in a similar way to regression analysis) but does so without requiring researchers to make assumptions about the exact functional form." Full coverage available at IZA World of Labor. Upcoming Events More events Harris Summer Mixer in Bogotá Sat., July 05, 2025 | 8:00 PM Andrés DC Cl. 82 #12 -21 Bogotá, DC, 110221 Colombia Harris Summer Campus Visit Mon., July 07, 2025 | 10:00 AM Harris School of Public Policy 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States Get to Know Harris! A Virtual Information Session Wed., July 09, 2025 | 8:30 AM