Profiling compliers and non-compliers for instrumental-variable analysis
| Autor: | Dominik Hangartner, Moritz Marbach |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Local average treatment effects
Sociology and Political Science BF Psychology Computer science 05 social sciences Instrumental variable Behavioural sciences Estimator HM Sociology Instrumental variables JA Political science (General) 0506 political science Non-compliance External validity 0502 economics and business Political Science and International Relations Covariate 050602 political science & public administration Econometrics Leverage (statistics) Applied research Observational study 050207 economics |
| Zdroj: | Political Analysis, 28 (3) |
| Popis: | Instrumental-variable (IV) estimation is an essential method for applied researchers across the social and behavioral sciences who analyze randomized control trials marred by noncompliance or leverage partially exogenous treatment variation in observational studies. The potential outcome framework is a popular model to motivate the assumptions underlying the identification of the local average treatment effect (LATE) and to stratify the sample into compliers, always-takers, and never-takers. However, applied research has thus far paid little attention to the characteristics of compliers and noncompliers. Yet, profiling compliers and noncompliers is necessary to understand what subpopulation the researcher is making inferences about and an important first step in evaluating the external validity (or lack thereof) of the LATE estimated for compliers. In this letter, we discuss the assumptions necessary for profiling, which are weaker than the assumptions necessary for identifying the LATE if the instrument is randomly assigned. We introduce a simple and general method to characterize compliers, always-takers, and never-takers in terms of their covariates and provide easy-to-use software in R and STATA that implements our estimator. We hope that our method and software facilitate the profiling of compliers and noncompliers as a standard practice accompanying any IV analysis. Political Analysis, 28 (3) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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