Unordered Monotonicity

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Journal: Econometrica
Year: 2018
Volume: 86
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-35

Authors (2)

James J. Heckman (University of Chicago) Rodrigo Pinto (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

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

Abstract

This paper defines and analyzes a new monotonicity condition for the identification of counterfactuals and treatment effects in unordered discrete choice models with multiple treatments, heterogeneous agents, and discrete‐valued instruments. Unordered monotonicity implies and is implied by additive separability of choice of treatment equations in terms of observed and unobserved variables. These results follow from properties of binary matrices developed in this paper. We investigate conditions under which unordered monotonicity arises as a consequence of choice behavior. We characterize IV estimators of counterfactuals as solutions to discrete mixture problems.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:emetrp:v:86:y:2018:i:1:p:1-35
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-02-02