| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/t0262 |
| 来源ID | Technical Working Paper 0262 |
| Treatment Effects for Discrete Outcomes when Responses to Treatment Vary Among Observationally Identical Persons: An Application to Norwegian ... | |
| Arild Aakvik; James J. Heckman; Edward J. Vytlacil | |
| 发表日期 | 2000-09-01 |
| 出版年 | 2000 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This paper formulates an econometric framework for studying the impact of interventions on discrete outcomes when responses to treatment vary among observationally identical persons. Using a latent variable model that can be linked to well-posed economic models, we show how to define and interpret the average treatment effects, the average effect of treatment on the treated, the marginal treatment effect and the distribution of treatment effects for discrete outcomes. To estimate these parameters and the distribution of treatment effects, we formulate and estimate a discrete choice model with unobservables generated by a factor structure model. We apply our methods to evaluate the effect of Norwegian Vocational Rehabilitation training programs on employment outcomes for women. We find that applicants to these programs who participate in active training have a 4.6% higher employment rate than nonparticipants. When we control for the observable characteristics of applicants, we find that the average treatment effects falls to 4.1%. When we control for the unobservables characteristics of applicants, the average treatment effect falls to -1.4% and effect of treatment on the treated is -11%. We also find evidence of substantial heterogeneity in response to training. |
| 主题 | Econometrics ; Estimation Methods ; Public Economics ; Public Goods |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/t0262 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/565450 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Arild Aakvik,James J. Heckman,Edward J. Vytlacil. Treatment Effects for Discrete Outcomes when Responses to Treatment Vary Among Observationally Identical Persons: An Application to Norwegian .... 2000. |
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