Estimating distributions of potential outcomes using local instrumental variables with an application to changes in college enrollment and wage inequality

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-208

  Carneiro, Pedro ^a   Lee, Sokbae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Composition effects; Local instrumental variables; Marginal treatment effect; Semiparametric estimation; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; WAGES;

COLLEGE GRADUATES; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; HIGH SCHOOLS; LOCAL INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; MARGINAL TREATMENT EFFECT; POLICY EVALUATIONS; POTENTIAL OUTCOMES; SELECTION MODELS; SEMI-PARAMETRIC; SEMIPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 63549117346     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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