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IV Quantile Regression for Group-level Treatments, with an Application to the Distributional Effects of Trade

Chetverikov, Denis; Larsen, Bradley; Palmer, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

We present a methodology for estimating the distributional effects of an endogenous treatment that varies at the group level when there are group-level unobservables, a quantile extension of Hausman and Taylor (1981). Because of the presence of group-level unobservables, standard quantile...

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Linear Social Interactions Models

Brock, William A.; Durlauf, Steven N.; Blume, Lawrence E.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

This paper provides a systematic analysis of identification in linear social interactions models. This is both a theoretical and an econometric exercise as the analysis is linked to a rigorously delineated model of interdependent decisions. We develop an incomplete information game that...

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Instrumental Variables Methods in Experimental Criminological Research: What, Why, and How?

Angrist, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

Quantitative criminology focuses on straightforward causal questions that are ideally addressed with randomized experiments. In practice, however, traditional randomized trials are difficult to implement in the untidy world of criminal justice. Even when randomized trials are implemented, not...

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Instruments of development: Randomization in the tropics, and the search for the elusive keys to economic development

Deaton, Angus - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

There is currently much debate about the effectiveness of foreign aid and about what kind of projects can engender economic development. There is skepticism about the ability of econometric analysis to resolve these issues, or of development agencies to learn from their own experience. In...

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Identification of Treatment Effects Using Control Functions in Models with Continuous, Endogenous Treatment and Heterogeneous Effects

Meghir, Costas; Vytlacil, Edward; Florens, Jean-Pierre; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

We use the control function approach to identify the average treatment effect and the effect of treatment on the treated in models with a continuous endogenous regressor whose impact is heterogeneous. We assume a stochastic polynomial restriction on the form of the heterogeneity but, unlike...

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Economics, History, and Causation

Morck, Randall; Yeung, Bernard - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Economics and history both strive to understand causation: economics using instrumental variables econometrics and history by weighing the plausibility of alternative narratives. Instrumental variables can lose value with repeated use because of an econometric tragedy of the commons bias: each...

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Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston

Angrist, Joshua; Abdulkadiroğlu, Atila; Hull, Peter D.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

Lottery estimates suggest oversubscribed urban charter schools boost student achievement markedly. But these estimates needn’t capture treatment effects for students who haven’t applied to charter schools or for students attending charters for which demand is weak. This paper reports...

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Identification with Imperfect Instruments

Nevo, Aviv; Rosen, Adam Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

Dealing with endogenous regressors is a central challenge of applied research. The standard solution is to use instrumental variables that are assumed to be uncorrelated with unobservables. We instead assume (i) the correlation between the instrument and the error term has the same sign as the...

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Quantile Regression with Panel Data

Graham, Bryan S.; Hahn, Jinyong; Poirier, Alexandre; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

We propose a generalization of the linear quantile regression model to accommodate possibilities afforded by panel data …; Section 2.6). We show that panel data allows the econometrician to (i) introduce dependence between the regressors and the … 1979 (NLSY79). Consistent with prior work (e.g., Chamberlain, 1982; Vella and Verbeek, 1998), we find that using panel data …

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Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California's Tobacco Control Program

Abadie, Alberto; Hainmueller, Jens; Diamond, Alexis - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

Building on an idea in Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003), this article investigates the application of synthetic control methods to comparative case studies. We discuss the advantages of these methods and apply them to study the effects of Proposition 99, a large-scale tobacco control program that...

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