Identifying Treatment Effects Under Data Combination

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Journal: Econometrica
Year: 2014
Volume: 82
Issue: 2
Pages: 811-822

Authors (3)

Yanqin Fan (not in RePEc) Robert Sherman (not in RePEc) Matthew Shum (California Institute of Techno...)

Score contribution per author:

2.681 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We consider the identification of counterfactual distributions and treatment effects when the outcome variables and conditioning covariates are observed in separate data sets. Under the standard selection on observables assumption, the counterfactual distributions and treatment effect parameters are no longer point identified. However, applying the classical monotone rearrangement inequality, we derive sharp bounds on the counterfactual distributions and policy parameters of interest.

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RePEc Handle
repec:wly:emetrp:v:82:y:2014:i:2:p:811-822
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-29