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Testing for Nonparametric Identification of Causal Effects in the Presence of a Quasi-Instrument

de Luna, Xavier - 2012

The identification of average causal effects of a treatment in observational studies is typically based either on the unconfoundedness assumption or on the availability of an instrument. When available, instruments may also be used to test for the unconfoundedness assumption (exogeneity of the...

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Proxy Variables and Nonparametric Identification of Causal Effects

de Luna, Xavier - 2016

Proxy variables are often used in linear regression models with the aim of removing potential confounding bias. In this paper we formalise proxy variables within the potential outcome framework, giving conditions under which it can be shown that causal effects are nonparametrically identified....

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A Simple Approach to Treatment Effects on Durations When the Treatment Timing is Chosen

Lee, M.J. - 2013

When a treatment unambiguously defines the treatment and control groups at a given time point, its effects are usually found by comparing the two groups' mean responses. But there are many cases where the treatment timing is chosen, for which the conventional approach fails.This paper sets up an...

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Income Inequality and Health : Lessons from a Refugee Residential Assignment Program

Gronqvist, Hans - 2012

This paper examines the effect of income inequality on health for a group of particularly disadvantaged individuals: refugees. Our analysis draws on longitudinal hospitalization records coupled with a settlement policy where Swedish authorities assigned newly arrived refugees to their first area...

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Early Interventions and Disability Insurance : Experience from a Field Experiment

Engström, Per - 2012

This paper estimates the effects of early interventions in the Swedish sickness insurance system. The aim of the interventions is to screen and, further to, rehabilitate sick listed individuals. We find that the early interventions – in contrast to what is expected – increase the inflow into...

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Gender Differences in Sickness Absence and the Gender Division of Family Responsibilities

Angelov, Nikolay - 2013

This study investigates possible reasons for the gender difference in sickness absence. We estimate both short- and long-term effects of parenthood in a within-couple analysis based on the timing of parenthood. We find that after entering parenthood, women increase their sickness absence by...

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Is the Persistent Gender Gap in Income and Wages Due to Unequal Family Responsibilities?

Angelov, Nikolay - 2013

We compare the income and wage trajectories of women in relation to their male partners before and after parenthood. Focusing on the within-couple gap allows us to control for both observed and unobserved attributes of the spouse and to estimate both short- and long-term effects of entering...

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Sick of Your Colleagues' Absence?

Hesselius, Patrik - 2009

by work absence. The experiment altered the work absence incentives for half of all employees living in Goeteborg, Sweden …

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Cross-Border Health and Productivity Effects of Alcohol Policies

Johansson, Per - 2012

cut in the Finnish alcohol tax on mortality, alcohol related illnesses and work absenteeism in Sweden. This tax cut led to … the Finnish border are compared to changes in other parts of northern Sweden. We use register data where micro level data … outcomes. Our results on the effect of the Finnish tax cut on mortality and alcohol-related hospitalisations in Sweden are very …

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Bootstrap Inference for K-Nearest Neighbour Matching Estimators

de Luna, Xavier - 2010

Abadie and Imbens (2008, Econometrica) showed that classical bootstrap schemes fail to provide correct inference for K-nearest neighbour (KNN) matching estimators of average causal effects. This is an interesting result showing that bootstrap should not be applied without theoretical...

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