Identification of treatment effects using control functions in models with continuous, endogenous treatment and heterogeneous effects

Econometrica

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1191-1206

  Florens, J P ^a   Heckman, J J ^b,c   Meghir, C ^d   Vytlacil, E ^e  

^a Toulouse School of Economics   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous treatments; Control function; Endogenous treatments; Heterogeneous treatment effects; Identification; Nonseparable models

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349135849     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA5317     Document Type: Article

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