Search Results - subject:"Instrumental Variables."

Confidence intervals for bias and size distortion in IV and local projections - IV models

Ganics, Gergely Akos; Inoue, Atsushi; Rossi, Barbara - 2018

bias of the two-stage least squares estimator, and the size distortion of the associated Wald test in instrumental … variables models. Importantly our framework covers the local projections — instrumental variable model as well. Unlike tests for …

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An Instrumental Variables Design for the Effect of Emergency General Surgery

Keele, Luke; Sharoky, Catherine E.; Sellers, Morgan M.; … - In: Epidemiologic Methods 7 (2018) 1

which is more plausible in the context of a preference-based instrument. We compare estimates from an instrumental variables … lower mortality rates for patients that undergo EGS compared to estimates based in the instrumental variables framework … on methods such a multivariate regression may be biased in an unknown direction. A research design based on instrumental …

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Credit constraints, firm investment and growth: Evidence from survey data

García-Posada Gómez, Miguel - 2018

and instrumental variables. Our findings suggest that credit constraints, both in bank financing and other financing (e …

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Efectos educativos de la fecundidad adolescente: Evidencia causal a partir de la legalización del aborto en Uruguay

Alzúa, María Laura; Velázquez, Cecilia - 2018

estimating the causal effect of teenage fertility on education using an Instrumental Variables approach. Local abortion rates …

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On Heckits, LATE, and Numerical Equivalence

Kline, Patrick; Walters, Christopher R. - 2018

models and show they yield LATE estimates algebraically equivalent to the instrumental variables (IV) estimator. Our leading …

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Child Care, Parental Labor Supply and Tax Revenue

Eckhoff Andresen, Martin; Havnes, Tarjei - 2018

We study the impact of child care for toddlers on the labor supply of mothers and fathers in Norway. For identification, we exploit the staggered expansion across municipalities following a large reform from 2002. Our IV-estimates indicate that child care use causes an increase in the labor...

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The Effects of a Parenting Program on Maternal Well-Being: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Camehl, Georg; Hahlweg, Kurt; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2018

This paper evaluates how the Triple P parenting program affects maternal well-being. We analyze data from a randomized controlled trial and a separate sample of mothers from a deprived neighborhood without a control group. For the latter, we generate a control group using SOEP survey data and...

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The effect of self-employment on health: Instrumental variables analysis of longitudinal social security data

Gonçalves, Judite; Martins, Pedro S. - 2018

driven by a number of novel instrumental variables. We also focus on an objective health outcome …

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Fertility Transitions in Developing Countries: Convergence, Timing, and Causes

Papagni, Erasmo - 2018

This paper studies the dynamics of fertility in 180 countries in the period 1950-2015 and investigates the determinants of the onset of fertility transitions. The application of Phillips and Sul's (2007) test to fertility rates provides evidence of convergence in three groups of countries. This...

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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018

Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...

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