Identification and estimation of unconditional policy effects of an endogenous binary treatment: An unconditional MTE approach
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Keywords
Marginal treatment effect; Marginal policy-relevant treatment effect; Selection model; Instrumental variable; Unconditional policy effect; Unconditional quantile regression;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
- C31 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models
- C36 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
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