Since the early 1980s, the econometric analysis of duration variables has become widespread. This chapter provides an … overview of duration analysis, with an emphasis on the specification and identification of duration models, and with special … attention to models for multiple durations. Most of the chapter deals with so-called reduced-form duration models, notably the …

effect of a timing-chosen treatment on an event duration of interest does not hold. The main problem is that the … Statistical Society, Series B) that requires independence between the waiting duration until treatment and the event duration, but …

We consider the problem of assessing the effects of a treatment on duration outcomes using data from a randomized … duration outcome, and noncompliance with the assigned treatment. Ignoring any of these issues could yield biased estimates of … duration. Our estimated bounds suggest that JC participation may increase the average duration of the last complete employment …

We consider the problem of assessing the effects of a treatment on duration outcomes using data from a randomized … duration outcome, and noncompliance with the assigned treatment. Ignoring any of these issues could yield biased estimates of … duration. Our estimated bounds suggest that JC participation may increase the average duration of the last complete employment …