3 - Methods

Summary

This chapter introduces our data and methods of analysis. We begin by laying out the research design employed for the Romanian Natural Experiment. In the second section of the chapter, we discuss problems of generalizability and how they might be overcome. In the third section, we introduce the World Values Survey and our empirical strategy for analyzing that data, along with important caveats. In the final section, we address a potential problem of measurement in the Romanian Natural Experiment and World Values Survey, both of which are subject to social desirability bias.