Modelling and evaluating treatment effects in econometrics

The estimation of the effects of treatments endogenous variables representing everything from individual participation in a training program to national participation in a World Bank loan program has occupied much of the theoretical and applied econometric research literatures in recent years. This...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fomby, Tom
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. Emerald 2008
Series:Advances in econometrics
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Collection: Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Collection Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Selection bias in evaluating treatment effects : some formal illustrations / Arthur S. Goldberger
  • Evaluating the effects of job training programs on wages through principal stratification / Junni L. Zhang, Donald B. Rubin, Fabrizia Mealli
  • Graphical diagnostics of endogeneity / Xavier de Luna, Per Johansson
  • Fertility and the health of children : a nonparametric investigation / Daniel J. Henderson, Daniel L. Millimet, Christopher F. Parmeter, Le Wang
  • Program participation, labor force dynamics, and accepted wage rates / Jakob Roland Munch, Lars Skipper
  • When is ATE enough? Risk aversion and inequality aversion in evaluating training programs / Rajeev Dehejia
  • Matching estimation of dynamic treatment models : some practical issues / Michael Lechner
  • The event-history approach to program evaluation / Jaap H. Abbring
  • Panel data models and transitory fluctuations in the explanatory variable / Terra McKinnish
  • An empirical assessment of the effects of parenthood on wages / Marianne Simonsen, Lars Skipper
  • The employment effects of job-creation schemes in Germany : a microeconometric evaluation / Marco Caliendo, Reinhard Hujer, Stephan L. Thomsen
  • Bayesian analysis of treatment effects in an ordered potential outcomes model / Mingliang Li, Justin L. Tobias
  • Instrumental variables estimation of the average treatment effect in the correlated random coefficient model / Jeffrey M. Wooldridge