Estimating marginal treatment effects using parametric and semiparametric methods

Autor: Brave, Scott, Walstrum, Thomas
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.259847
Popis: We describe the new command margte, which computes marginal and average treatment effects for a model with a binary treatment and a continuous outcome given selection on unobservables and returns. Marginal treatment effects differ from average treatment effects in instances where the impact of treatment varies within a population in correlation with unobserved characteristics. Both parametric and semiparametric estimation methods can be used with margte, and we provide evidence from a Monte Carlo simulation for when each is preferable.
Databáze: OpenAIRE