Publications

The cemmap working paper series publishes papers expanding the frontiers of knowledge in microdata methods and practice. Martin Weidner is the editor of the working paper series.

Identification of treatment response with social interactions

This paper develops a formal language for study of treatment response with social interactions, and uses… Continue reading.

Charles F. Manski
February 2010

CWP01/10

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Identification of causal effects on binary outcomes using structural mean models

Structural mean models (SMMs) were originally formulated to estimate causal effects among those selecting treatment in… Continue reading.

Paul S. Clarke, Frank Windmeijer
March 2010

CWP02/10

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Genetic markers as instrumental variables: an application to child fat mass and academic achievement

The use of genetic markers as instrumental variables (IV) is receiving increasing attention from economists. This… Continue reading.

Debbie A. Lawlor, Carol Propper, Stephanie von Hinke, Frank Windmeijer, George Davey Smith
March 2010

CWP03/10

On the dynamics of unemployment and wage distributions

Postel-Vinay and Robin’s (2002) sequential auction model is extended to allow for aggregate productivity shocks. Workers… Continue reading.

Jean-Marc Robin
March 2010

CWP04/10

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Optimal bandwidth choice for the regression discontinuity estimator

We investigate the problem of optimal choice of the smoothing parameter (bandwidth) for the regression discontinuity… Continue reading.

Guido Imbens, Karthik Kalyanaraman
March 2010

CWP05/10

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Optimal bandwidth choice for the regression discontinuity estimator
Guido Imbens, Karthik Kalyanaraman
November 2011 | CWP
Spatial circular matrices, with applications

The cumulants of the quadratic forms associated to the so-called spatial design matrices are often needed… Continue reading.

Grant Hillier, Federico Martellosio
March 2010

CWP06/10

A comparison of bias approximations for the 2SLS estimator

We consider the bias of the 2SLS estimator in the linear instrumental variables regression with one… Continue reading.

Maurice Bun, Frank Windmeijer
April 2010

CWP07/10

Comparing IV with structural models: what simple IV can and cannot identify

This paper compares the economic questions addressed by instrumental variables estimators with those addressed by structural… Continue reading.

James Heckman, Sergio Urzua
April 2010

CWP08/10

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Estimating the technology of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation

This paper formulates and estimates multistage production functions for children’s cognitive and noncognitive skills. Skills are… Continue reading.

Flavio Cunha, James Heckman, Susanne M. Schennach
April 2010

CWP09/10

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Estimating the technology of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation
Flavio Cunha, James Heckman, Susanne M. Schennach
May 2010 | CWP
Testing the correlated random coefficient model

The recent literature on instrumental variables (IV) features models in which agents sort into treatment status… Continue reading.

James Heckman, Daniel Schmierer, Sergio Urzua
April 2010

CWP10/10

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Testing the correlated random coefficient model
James Heckman, Daniel Schmierer, Sergio Urzua
October 2010 | CWP
Sharp identified sets for discrete variable IV models

Instrumental variable models for discrete outcomes are set, not point, identifying. The paper characterises identified sets… Continue reading.

Andrew Chesher, Konrad Smolinski
May 2010

CWP11/10

Perception and retrospection: the dynamic consistency of responses to survey questions on wellbeing

Implementation of broad approaches to welfare analysis usually entails the use of ‘subjective’ welfare indicators. We… Continue reading.

Stephen Pudney
June 2010

CWP12/10

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Post-l1-penalized estimators in high-dimensional linear regression models

In this paper we study post-penalized estimators which apply ordinary, unpenalized linear regression to the model… Continue reading.

Alexandre Belloni, Victor Chernozhukov
June 2010

CWP13/10

Nonparametric identification of accelerated failure time competing risks models

We provide new conditions for identification of accelerated failure time competing risks models. These include Roy… Continue reading.

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Arthur Lewbel
June 2010

CWP14/10

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Nonparametric learning rules from bandit experiments: the eyes have it!

We estimate nonparametric learning rules using data from dynamic two-armed bandit (probabilistic reversal learning) experiments, supplemented… Continue reading.

Yingyao Hu, Yutaka Kayaba, Matthew Shum
June 2010

CWP15/10

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Nonparametric learning rules from bandit experiments: the eyes have it!
Yingyao Hu, Yutaka Kayaba, Matthew Shum
September 2013 | CWP
An empirical model for strategic network formation

We develop and analyze a tractable empirical model for strategic network formation that can be estimated… Continue reading.

Nicholas Christakis, James Fowler, Guido Imbens, Karthik Kalyanaraman
June 2010

CWP16/10

How demanding is the revealed preference approach to demand

A well known problem with revealed preference methods is that when data are found to satisfy… Continue reading.

Tim Beatty, Ian Crawford
June 2010

CWP17/10

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How demanding is the revealed preference approach to demand?
Tim Beatty, Ian Crawford
October 2011 | CWP
Optimal significance tests in simultaneous equation models

Consider testing the null hypothesis that a single structural equation has specified coefficients. The alternative hypothesis… Continue reading.

Theodore W Anderson
July 2010

CWP18/10

Uniform confidence bands for functions estimated nonparametrically with instrumental variables

This paper is concerned with developing uniform confidence bands for functions estimated nonparametrically with instrumental variables…. Continue reading.

Joel L. Horowitz, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
July 2010

CWP19/10

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Is it different for zeros? Discriminating between models for non-negative data with many zeros

In many economic applications, the variate of interest is non-negative and its distribution is characterized by… Continue reading.

Joao Santos Silva Santos Silva, Silvana Tenreyro, Frank Windmeijer
July 2010

CWP20/10