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Advances in Econometrics
ISSN: 0731-9053
Series editor(s): Thomas B. Fomby, R. Carter Hill, Ivan Jeliazkov, Juan Carlos Escanciano and Eric Hillebrand
Subject Area: Economics
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The Elephant in the Corner: A Cautionary Tale about Measurement Error in Treatment Effects Models
| Title: | The Elephant in the Corner: A Cautionary Tale about Measurement Error in Treatment Effects Models |
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| Author(s): | Daniel L. Millimet |
| Volume: | 27 Editor(s): David M. Drukker ISBN: 978-1-78052-524-2 eISBN: 978-1-78052-525-9 |
| Citation: | Daniel L. Millimet (2011), The Elephant in the Corner: A Cautionary Tale about Measurement Error in Treatment Effects Models, in David M. Drukker (ed.) Missing Data Methods: Cross-sectional Methods and Applications (Advances in Econometrics, Volume 27), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.1-39 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/S0731-9053(2011)000027A004 (Permanent URL) |
| Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
| Article type: | Chapter Item |
| Abstract: | Researchers in economics and other disciplines are often interested in the causal effect of a binary treatment on outcomes. Econometric methods used to estimate such effects are divided into one of two strands depending on whether they require unconfoundedness (i.e., independence of potential outcomes and treatment assignment conditional on a set of observable covariates). When this assumption holds, researchers now have a wide array of estimation techniques from which to choose. However, very little is known about their performance – both in absolute and relative terms – when measurement error is present. In this study, the performance of several estimators that require unconfoundedness, as well as some that do not, are evaluated in a Monte Carlo study. In all cases, the data-generating process is such that unconfoundedness holds with the ‘real’ data. However, measurement error is then introduced. Specifically, three types of measurement error are considered: (i) errors in treatment assignment, (ii) errors in the outcome, and (iii) errors in the vector of covariates. Recommendations for researchers are provided. |
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