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Sensitivity Analysis in Unconditional Quantile Effects

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This paper proposes a framework to analyze the effects of counterfactual policies on the unconditional quantiles of an outcome variable. For a given counterfactual policy, we obtain identified sets for the effect of both marginal and global changes in the proportion of treated individuals. To conduct a sensitivity analysis, we introduce the quantile breakdown frontier, a curve that (i) indicates whether a sensitivity analysis is possible or not, and (ii) when a sensitivity analysis is possible, quantifies the amount of selection bias consistent with a given conclusion of interest across different quantiles. To illustrate our method, we perform a sensitivity analysis on the effect of unionizing low income workers on the quantiles of the distribution of (log) wages.

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  • Julian Martinez-Iriarte, 2023. "Sensitivity Analysis in Unconditional Quantile Effects," Papers 2303.14298, arXiv.org, revised Jun 2024.
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    1. Martínez-Iriarte, Julián & Montes-Rojas, Gabriel & Sun, Yixiao, 2024. "Unconditional effects of general policy interventions," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 238(2).

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