Here are some papers about DAGs
- Elwert, Felix. 2013. “Graphical Causal Models.” Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research. [pdf]
- Elwert, Felix, and Christopher Winship. Forthcoming. “Endogenous Selection Bias.”
- Elwert, Felix, and Christopher Winship. 2010. “Effect Heterogeneity and Bias in Main-Effects-Only Regression Models.” Heuristics, Probability and Causality: A Tribute to Judea Pearl. [pdf]
Here are some applied papers using DAGs
- Wodtke, Geoffrey, David Harding, and Felix Elwert. 2011. “Neighborhood Effects in Temporal Perspective: The Impact of Long-Term Exposure to Concentrated Disadvantage on High School Graduation.” American Sociological Review 76(5):713–36. [pdf]
- Wodtke, Geoffrey, Felix Elwert, and David J. Harding. 2012. “Poor Families, Poor Neighborhoods: How Family Poverty Intensifies the Impact of Concentrated Disadvantage on High School Graduation.” PSC Research Report No. 12-776. September 2012. [pdf]
- Sharkey, Patrick, and Felix Elwert. 2011. “The Legacy of Disadvantage: Multigenerational Neighborhood Effects on Cognitive Ability.” American Journal of Sociology 116(6):1934–81. [pdf]

