Arbeitspapier

Simple Tests for Selection Bias: Learning More from Instrumental Variables

We provide simple tests for selection on unobserved variables in the Vytlacil-Imbens-Angrist framework for Local Average Treatment Effects. The tests allow researchers not only to test for selection on either or both of the treated and untreated outcomes, but also to assess the magnitude of the selection effect. The tests are quite simple; undergraduates after an introductory econometrics class should be able to implement these tests. We illustrate our tests with two empirical applications: the impact of children on female labor supply from Angrist and Evans (1998) and the training of adult women from the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) experiment.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9346

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
Methodological Issues: General
Labor Economics: General
Labor Economics Policies
Thema
local average treatment effects
selection
instrumental variables

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Black, Dan A.
Joo, Joonhwi
LaLonde, Robert J.
Smith, Jeffrey A.
Taylor, Evan J.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2015

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Black, Dan A.
  • Joo, Joonhwi
  • LaLonde, Robert J.
  • Smith, Jeffrey A.
  • Taylor, Evan J.
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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