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Dynamic discrete-choice models are an important tool in studies of state dependence in benefit receipt. A common assumption of such models is that benefit receipt sequences follow a conditional Markov process. This property has implications for how estimated period-to-period benefit transition...
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, we employ a nonparametric partial identification approach that provides bounds on the population average treatment effect … response. The bounds indicate potentially large effects of increasing schooling from primary to secondary but are also …
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where the restriction is rejected, we derive bounds to the Local Average Treatment Effect (LATE) based on weaker …
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doctor visit. We employ nonparametric bounding techniques to minimise statistical assumptions. In order to tighten the bounds … low deductibles below zero. Adding the third assumption allows to tighten the bounds further. We conclude that there is a …
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; we extend them to the context of randomization with imperfect compliance. The bounds obtained from the two surveys are …
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This paper examines changes in the distribution of wages using bounds to allow for the impact of non-random selection … into work. We show that bounds constructed without any economic or statistical assumptions can be informative. However … differentials. Thus we explore ways to tighten these bounds using restrictions motivated from economic theory. With these …
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data to derive upper and lower bounds for the population obesity rate for ten European countries. For men it is possible to …
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We derive nonparametric sharp bounds on average treatment effects with an instrumental variable (IV) and use them to … data, and some of our bounds do not require an outcome with bounded support. We employ these bounds to assess the …
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assumptions rarely satisfied even with ideal experimental data. As a practical solution, I derive non parametric bounds under …
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, satisfy the exclusion restriction by placing bounds on its net or direct effect on the health outcomes of individuals who are … typically focuses on the compliers. Since the effect for volunteers is not point-identified, we employ bounds that rely on a … compliers, in line with prior literature. For volunteers, however, we document that their estimated bounds show statistically …
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