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Covariate selection for non-parametric estimation of treatment effects

DeLuna, Xavier; Waernbaum, Ingeborg - 2005

In observational studies, the non-parametric estimation of a binary treatment effect is often performed by matching …. The current practice consists in matching for covariates which are not balanced for the treated and the control groups, i … propose identification algorithms to select at minimal set of covariates to match for. An application to the estimation of the …

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Treatment evaluation in the case of interactions within markets

Ferracci, Marc; Jolivet, Grégory; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2010

the market, averaged over the full population, we develop an identification and estimation method in two steps. The first …

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Long-run effects of dynamically assigned treatments: A new methodology and an evaluation of training effects on earnings

Van den Berg, Gerard J.; Vikström, Johan - 2019

We propose and implement a new method to estimate treatment effects in settings where individuals need to be in a certain state (e.g. unemployment) to be eligible for a treatment, treatments may commence at different points in time, and the outcome of interest is realized after the individual...

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Evaluation of Swedish youth labour market programmes

Larsson, Laura - 2000

-employment probability, and probability of regular education. A non-parametric matching approach based on conditional independence assumption … is applied to estimate the average program effects. Moreover, the results obtained by matching are compared to results …

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Program Evaluation and Random Program Starts

Fredriksson, Peter; Johansson, Per - 2002

This paper discusses the evaluation problem using observational data when the timing of treatment is an outcome of a stochastic process. We show that, without additional assumptions, it is not possible to estimate the average treatment effect and treatment on the treated. It is, however,...

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Evaluation of Swedish Youth Labour Market Programmes

Larsson, Laura - 2000

training. A non-parametric matching approach is applied to estimate the average program effects. Moreover, the results obtained … by matching are compared to results from standard linear regression and probit models, and a polychotomous selectivity …

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Partial identification of discrete counterfactual distributions with sequential update of information

Boes, Stefan - 2009

The credibility of standard instrumental variables assumptions is often under dispute. This paper imposes weak monotonicity in order to gain information on counterfactual outcomes, but avoids independence or exclusion restrictions. The outcome process is assumed to be sequentially ordered,...

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Bounds on counterfactual distributions under semi-monotonicity constraints

Boes, Stefan - 2009

This paper explores semi-monotonicity constraints in the distribution of potential outcomes, first, conditional on an instrument, and second, in terms of the response function. The imposed assumptions are strictly weaker than traditional instrumental variables assumptions and can be gainfully...

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Identifying the returns to lying when the truth is unobserved

Hu, Yingyao; Lewbel, Arthur - 2007

Y. This paper considers nonparametric identification and estimation of the effect of D on Y , conditioning on D* = 0 …

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Effects of simultaneity on testing Granger-causality: A cautionary note about statistical problems and economic misinterpretations

Wilde, Joachim - 2012

Interpreting Granger causality as economic causality implies that the underlying VAR model is a structural economic model. However, this is wrong if simultaneity occurs. Magnitude and stability of possible errors are analysed in a simulation study. It is shown that economic misinterpretations of...

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