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Forecasting errors pose a serious problem of identification, often neglected in empirical applications. Any attempt of …
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We propose a Bayesian factor analysis model to rank the health of localities. Mortality and morbidity variables …
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identification of average treatment effects on hazard rates without model structure. We estimate these effects by kernel hazard …
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using market wages. This approach implies a fundamental identification problem. We demonstrate that the identification …
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We propose a method to identify bounds (i.e. set identification) on the sharing rule for a general collective household …
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estimate this model it is necessary to impose strong identification restrictions. Estimation results show that education is the …
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We provide new results regarding the identification of peer effects. We consider an extended version of the linear … cases, we provide easy-to-check necessary and sufficient conditions for identification. We show that endogenous and … exogenous effects are generally identified under network interaction, although identification may fail for some particular …
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This paper reviews the problems and potential benefits of integrating personality psychology into economics. Economists have much to learn from and contribute to personality psychology.
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When policymakers and private agents use models, the economists who design the model have an incentive to alter it in order to influence outcomes in a fashion consistent with their own preferences. I discuss some consequences of the existence of such ideological bias. In particular, I analyze...
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The decision of whether or not to migrate has far-reaching consequences for the lives of individuals and their families. But the very nature of this choice makes identifying the impacts of migration difficult, since it is hard to measure a credible counterfactual of what the person and their...
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