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Scenario Sampling for Large Supermodular Games

Graham, Bryan S.; Pelican, Andrin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper introduces a simulation algorithm for evaluating the log-likelihood function of a large supermodular binary … algorithm which allows for accurate likelihood simulation with modest numbers of simulation draws …

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One-node Quadrature Beats Monte Carlo : A Generalized Stochastic Simulation Algorithm

Judd, Kenneth - 2011

In conventional stochastic simulation algorithms, Monte Carlo integration and curve fitting are merged together and … stochastic simulation approach in which integration and curve fitting are separated. We specifically allow for the use of … achieve accuracy of solutions that is orders of magnitude higher than that of the conventional stochastic simulation …

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On the Identifying Power of Generalized Monotonicity for Average Treatment Effects

Bai, Yuehao; Huang, Shunzhuang; Moon, Sarah; Shaikh, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

restrictions do not restrict potential outcomes. Importantly, many models of potential treatments previously considered in the … classes of additive random utility models. We show through a series of examples that restrictions on potential treatments can …

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Machine Forecast Disagreement

Bali, Turan G.; Kelly, Bryan T.; Mörke, Mathis; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

that are available to all investors. We measure disagreement as dispersion in forecasts across investor-models. Our measure …

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No Ground Truth? : No Problem : Improving Administrative Data Linking Using Active Learning and a Little Bit of Guile

Tahamont, Sarah; Jelveh, Zubin; McNeill, Melissa; Yan, Shi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

While linking records across large administrative datasets ["big data"] has the potential to revolutionize empirical social science research, many administrative data files do not have common identifiers and are thus not designed to be linked to others. To address this problem, researchers have...

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The Long-Term Distributional Impacts of a Full-Year Interleaving Math Program in Nigeria

Haar, Lotte van der; Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Kremer, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This study reports the findings from a year-long randomized evaluation assessing the impact of assigning 62 classrooms in Nigeria to receive either blocked or interleaved math problem sets. Blocked practice sessions focused on a single skill at a time. Interleaved problem sets alternated between...

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The Impact of Permanent Residency Delays for STEM PhDs : Who leaves and Why

Kahn, Shulamit Beth - 2018

This paper assesses whether delays in obtaining permanent residency status can explain recent declines in the share of Chinese and Indian PhD graduates from US STEM programs who remain in the US after their studies. We find that newly-binding limits on permanent visas for those from China and...

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The Heterogeneous Effect of Affirmative Action on Performance

Bracha, Anat - 2018

This paper experimentally investigates the effect of gender-based affirmative action (AA) on performance in the lab, focusing on a tournament environment. The tournament is based on GRE math questions commonly used in graduate school admission, and at which women are known to perform worse on...

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Can Online Off-The-Shelf Lessons Improve Student Outcomes? Evidence from A Field Experiment

Jackson, C. Kirabo - 2016

There has been a proliferation of websites that warehouse instructional materials designed to be taught by teachers in a traditional classroom. While this new technology has revolutionized how most teachers plan their lessons, the potential benefits of this innovation are unknown. To present...

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Ethnic Complementarities after the Opening of China : How Chinese Graduate Students Affected the Productivity of Their Advisors

Borjas, George J. - 2015

the causal effect of this flow on the productivity of their professors in mathematics departments across the United States … doctoral mathematics programs (and the resulting crowdout of American students) implied that comparable non-Chinese advisors …

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