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 in a binary choice panel data model with a predetermined covariate

We study identification in a binary choice panel data model with a single predetermined binary covariate… Continue reading.

Stéphane Bonhomme, Kevin Dano, Bryan S. Graham
January 2023

CWP01/23

Identifying network ties from panel data: theory and an application to tax competition

Social interactions determine many economic behaviors, but information on social ties does not exist in most… Continue reading.

Áureo de Paula, Imran Rasul, Pedro CL Souza
January 2023

CWP02/23

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Identifying network ties from panel data: theory and an application to tax competition
Áureo de Paula, Imran Rasul, Pedro CL Souza
October 2019 | CWP55/19
Inference for ranks with applications to mobility across neighborhoods and academic achievement across countries

It is often desired to rank different populations according to the value of some feature of… Continue reading.

Magne Mogstad, Joseph P. Romano, Azeem M. Shaikh, Daniel Wilhelm
January 2023

CWP03/23

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Inference for ranks with applications to mobility across neighbourhoods and academic achievement across countries
Magne Mogstad, Joseph P. Romano, Azeem M. Shaikh, Daniel Wilhelm
January 2022 | CWP04/22
Taking the biscuit: how Safari privacy policies affect online advertising

Many controversies that beset the digital economy turn on the role of advertising and its use… Continue reading.

Mateusz Mysliwski, Lars Nesheim, Simeon Duckworth
February 2023

CWP04/23

Nonparametric estimation of sponsored search auctions and impacts of ad quality on search revenue

This paper presents an empirical model of sponsored search auctions in which advertisers are ranked by… Continue reading.

Dongwoo Kim, Pallavi Pal
March 2023

CWP05/23

Bootstrap based asymptotic refinements for high-dimensional nonlinear models

We consider penalized extremum estimation of a high-dimensional, possibly nonlinear model that is sparse in the… Continue reading.

Joel L. Horowitz, Ahnaf Rafi
March 2023

CWP06/23

Heterogeneity of consumption responses to income shocks in the presence of nonlinear persistence

In this paper we use the enhanced consumption data in the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics… Continue reading.

Manuel Arellano, Richard Blundell, Stéphane Bonhomme, Jack Light
April 2023

CWP07/23

Hedonic prices and quality adjusted price indices powered by AI

Accurate, real-time measurements of price index changes using electronic records are essential for tracking inflation and… Continue reading.

Patrick Bajari, Zhihao Cen, Victor Chernozhukov, Manoj Manukonda, Jin Wang, Ramon Huerta, Junbo Li, Ling Leng, George Monokroussos, Suhas Vijaykunar, Shan Wan
April 2023

CWP08/23

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Hedonic prices and quality adjusted price indices powered by AI
Patrick Bajari, Zhihao Cen, Victor Chernozhukov, Manoj Manukonda, Jin Wang, Ramon Huerta, Junbo Li, Ling Leng, George Monokroussos, Suhas Vijaykunar, Shan Wan
February 2021 | CWP04/21
Distribution regression with sample selection and UK wage decomposition

We develop a distribution regression model under endogenous sample selection. This model is a semi-parametric generalization… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Ivan Fernandez-Val, Siyi Luo
April 2023

CWP09/23

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Distribution regression with sample selection, with an application to wage decompositions in the UK
Victor Chernozhukov, Ivan Fernandez-Val, Siyi Luo
November 2018 | CWP68/18
Simple estimation of semiparametric models with measurement errors

We develop a practical way of addressing the Errors-In-Variables (EIV) problem in the Generalized Method of… Continue reading.

Andrei Zeleneev, Kirill Evdokimov
June 2023

CWP10/23

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Simple estimation of semiparametric models with measurement errors
Kirill Evdokimov, Andrei Zeleneev
October 2022 | CWP18/22
Marginal effects for probit and tobit with endogeneity

When evaluating partial effects, it is important to distinguish between structural endogeneity and measurement errors. In… Continue reading.

Kirill Evdokimov, Ilze Kalnina, Andrei Zeleneev
June 2023

CWP11/23

Design-based identification with formula instruments: A review

Many studies in economics use instruments or treatments which combine a set of exogenous shocks with… Continue reading.

Kirill Borusyak, Peter Hull, Xavier Jaravel
June 2023

CWP12/23

How to weight in moments matchings: A new approach and applications to earnings dynamics

Following the seminal paper by Altonji and Segal (1996), empirical studies have widely embraced equal or… Continue reading.

Andrew Shephard, Xu Cheng, Alejándro Sanchez-Becerra
June 2023

CWP13/23

Robust estimation and inference in panels with interactive fixed effects

We consider estimation and inference for a regression coefficient in panels with interactive fixed effects (i.e.,… Continue reading.

Timothy B. Armstrong, Martin Weidner, Andrei Zeleneev
July 2023

CWP14/23

Scenario sampling for large supermodular games

This paper introduces a simulation algorithm for evaluating the log-likelihood function of a large supermodular binary-action… Continue reading.

Bryan S. Graham, Andrin Pelican
July 2023

CWP15/23

Identification in dynamic binary choice models

This paper studies identification in a binary choice panel data model with choice probabilities depending on… Continue reading.

Gary Chamberlain
July 2023

CWP16/23

Identification in a binary choice panel data model with a predetermined covariate

We study identification in a binary choice panel data model with a single predetermined binary covariate… Continue reading.

Stéphane Bonhomme, Kevin Dano, Bryan S. Graham
July 2023

CWP17/23

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Identification in a binary choice panel data model with a predetermined covariate
Stéphane Bonhomme, Kevin Dano, Bryan S. Graham
January 2023 | CWP01/23
Beta-sorted portfolios

Beta-sorted portfolios — portfolios comprised of assets with similar covariation to selected risk factors — are… Continue reading.

Matias Cattaneo, Weining Wang, Richard K. Crump
August 2023

CWP18/23

The effect of classroom rank on learning throughout elementary school: experimental evidence from Ecuador

We study the impact of classroom rank on children’s learning using a unique experiment from Ecuador…. Continue reading.

Pedro Carneiro, Yyannú Cruz-Aguayo, Norbert Schady, Francesca Salvati
August 2023

CWP19/23

Identification analysis in models with unrestricted latent variables: Fixed effects and initial conditions

Many structural econometric models include latent variables on whose probability distributions one may wish to place… Continue reading.

Andrew Chesher, Adam Rosen, Yuanqi Zhang
October 2023

CWP20/23