Questions tagged [treatment-effect]
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Components of matching estimator for ATT
Blundell and Costa Dias (2000) (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1475-5890.2000.tb00031.x) present in page 448 a generic matching estimator for the average treatment effect on the ...
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Econometrics: Is it feasible to use the “effect of the treatment” estimations from a diff-in-diff as dependent variable?
Basically I have many treated units and I would like to estimate (by applying the Diff-in-Diff methodology) the effect of the treatment.
In my particular case it's very likely to observe certain ...
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Imbens and Angrist (1994): the $D_i(z)$ variables
I'm referring to the Econometrica (1994) paper by Imbens and Angrist. In particular, I don't really understand the random variables $D_i(z)$ (defined on page 468). Could you please provide me with ...
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What is a good AUSTERITY indicator?
I am writing a paper on European poverty and I am using a treatment control setup
similar to Difference-in-Difference methods.
Now, since the data I am using is rather recent, I would like to ...
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How encouragement design works practically?
I'm trying to understand the encouragement design but I have some doubts. For example, if I want to introduce a voucher for teachers that can be used for professional development(the treatment) and I ...
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Self-selection bias during the course of experiments
Suppose you are running a randomized experiment to assess the effect of $X$, say some training program for unemployed people, on $Y$, say the chance of finding a job in the coming year. Suppose also ...
