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Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Theory and Practice
Angrist, Joshua D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
estimate the effect of child-bearing on economic and marital outcomes. The application is motivated by American welfare reform … childbearing, but evidence on the impact of childbearing on marital stability and welfare use is more tenuous. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822860
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Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Theory and Practice
Angrist, Joshua - Econometric Society - 2004
to estimate the effect of child-bearing on marital status, poverty status, and welfare receipt for the population of … mothers with two or more children. The application is motivated by American welfare reform, which penalizes further … childbearing by welfare mothers on the grounds that additional childbearing makes continued poverty and welfare receipt more likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328944
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The causal effect of family difficulties during childhood on adult labour market outcomes
Millemaci, Emanuele; Sciulli, Dario - Centro di Studi Internazionali Sull'Economia e la … - 2011
A propensity score matching approach and the National Child Development Study cohort database are used to evaluate the total causal effect of family difficulties during childhood on adult labour market outcomes. We find statistically significant evidence of a negative and long-lasting impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009150958
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Instrumental variables estimation with partially missing instruments
Mogstad, M.; Wiswall, M. - In: Economics Letters 114 (2012) 2, pp. 186-189
This paper shows that instrumental variables estimators currently in use, require strong but neglected auxiliary assumptions to be consistent in situations with partially missing instruments. We introduce an alternative instrumental variables estimator that does not require auxiliary assumptions.
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How Much Should We Trust Linear Instrumental Variables Estimators? An Application to Family Size and Children's Education
Mogstad, Magne; Wiswall, Matthew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Many empirical studies specify outcomes as a linear function of endogenous regressors when conducting instrumental variable (IV) estimation. We show that tests for treatment effects, selection bias, and treatment effect heterogeneity are biased if the true relationship is non-linear. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008574590
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How Linear Models Can Mask Non-Linear Causal Relationships. An Application to Family Size and Children's Education
Mogstad, Magne; Wiswall, Matthew - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2009
Many empirical studies specify outcomes as a linear function of endogenous regressors when conducting instrumental variable (IV) estimation. We show that commonly used tests for treatment effects, selection bias, and treatment effect heterogeneity are biased if the true relationship is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991370
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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P.; Siedler, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822574
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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P.; Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068988
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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P; Siedler, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498067
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The Robustness of Cohort Effects in Age Period Tables
Stone, Joe A. - Department of Economics, University of Oregon - 2009
This paper clarifies and provides additional tests presented in the age-period-cohort analysis of nonmarital birth rates in Gray, O'Brien, Stockard, and Stone(forthcoming). Where Martin (forthcoming) has suggested specific alternative specifications or interpretations of our findings, we have...
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