Aakvik, Arild; Holmås, Tor Helge; Kjerstad, Egil - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2002
This paper estimates treatment effects for back pain patients using observational data from a low-key social insurance reform in Norway. Using a latent variable model we estimate the average treatment effects (ATE), the average effect of treatment on the treated (TT), and the distribution of...